Clinic that treated Joan Rivers found to have made several 'serious' mistakes

The Manhattan clinic that treated comedienne Joan Rivers before her death committed several mistakes that includes failing to identify deteriorating vital signs, and providing timely intervention.

The report, issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a federal agency, did not mention Rivers by name, but referred an 81-year-old female, or Patient #1, CNN reported.

CMS found that the clinic committed failed to identify deteriorating vital signs and provide timely intervention, failing to record Rivers' weight, prior to the administration of medication for sedation and failing to consistently document the dose of Propofol, a sedative, administered.

The clinic also failed to get Rivers' informed consent for each procedure performed along with failure to ensure that she was cared for only by physicians granted privilege in accordance with the clinics bylaws.

The late 'Fashion Police' host's appointment at the clinic was on August 28, 2014 when paramedics rushed Rivers from the clinic to New York's Mount Sinai Hospital a mile away, where she was kept on life support until she died a week later.