NEW YORK (AP) --- Eager lap-band surgery patient Marc Kalech announced Wednesday he has been approved for the procedure by his all-powerful insurance company.
A spokesperson for Kalech said the decision was handed down at 4:28 p.m. and the operation will take place sometime Thursday. The hospital, Tisch Hospital at the NYU Medical Center on the tony East Side of Manhattan, will release the time later in the day, the spokesperson said.
A spokesman for the surgeon confirmed the approval at 4:44 pm, but no one from the insurance company could immediately be reached for comment.
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