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February 21, 2008

Providence teen dies in wake of October surgery

A funeral will be held Saturday for a local teenager whose medical plight became a national story.

According to published reports, 16-year-old Javona Peters, of Providence, had been in an irreversible coma since having brain surgery at a New York hospital in October. She reportedly had an unexpected reaction to anesthetic.

Articles in the New York Daily News, the North Country Gazette and ABC.com say Peters was admitted to Montefiore Medical Center in New York City for what the hospital calls a routine procedure to drain fluid from the head.

Peters did not awaken after the Oct. 17 operation. The hospital said it was the result of "an unforeseeable reaction to a routine anesthesia agent."

Peters, who was 16, went to Hope High School. She died Feb. 13 in Massachusetts.

The funeral service is set for Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in Union Baptist Church, 50 Lupine St. in Pawtucket. Calling hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Read her obituary and sign an online guestbook.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 9:36 AM | Permalink

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