Sources indicate that Joan Rivers' daughter, Melissa Rivers, is "Outraged" over the findings that major mistakes were made in the handling of her mother's medical procedure.
According to ET Online, a rep for the 46-year-old revealed that Melissa is "terribly disappointed" over the information provided by the report issued by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services identifying numerous errors in the handling of her Joan Rivers' surgery.
"As any of us would be, Ms. Rivers is outraged by the misconduct and mismanagement now shown to have occurred before, during and after the procedure," said the representative.
Ms. Rivers also said she would work to ensure the safety of future patients. "Moving forward, Ms. Rivers will direct her efforts towards ensuring that what happened to her mother will not occur again with any other patient," concluded Melissa's rep.
Joan Rivers died on Sept. 4 at the age of 81 after being removed from life support. The comedian suffered cardiac arrest while undergoing a routine endoscopy on Aug. 28.
In the report released Monday, investigators detailed a several errors made by the Manhattan clinic when they treated Joan Rivers.
Their failures included failure to keep proper weight and medication records that was necessary to administer the right amount of sedative Propofol.
Additionally, E! quoted the report's findings wherein it facility " failed to identify deteriorating vital signs and provide timely intervention.
"Rivers was found to have no pulse at 9:30 a.m. after resuscitation was initiated at 9:28 a.m. but she was not fully resuscitated until 10 a.m.; and overall there was conflicting information as to when CPR was first administered."
Based on the report of the medical examiner of New York City, the cause of death was brain damage due to lack of oxygen after she stopped breathing during the procedure, shared CBC.
Following the state investigation, the federal Department of Health and Human Services has given Yorkville Endoscopy until Jan. 7 to correct their deficiencies in order to avoid losing accreditation with the government's Medicare program.
The clinic in question says that it has cooperated fully with the regulatory agencies and has since submitted a plan to state and federal accreditation agencies addressing all the issues that were raised.
"The regulatory agencies are currently reviewing the corrective plan of action and have been in regular contact with Yorkville," quoted ABC News of the clinic's statement added. "In addition, the physicians involved in the direct care and treatment referenced in the report no longer practice or provide services at Yorkville."
It is possible that given this new information, Melissa Rivers could pursue legal action against Yorkville Endoscopy.