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: Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog13 Hospitals are Fined for Medical Errors
By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti
A state?s officials have fined 13 hospitals for medical errors that have killed or seriously injured patients. A report shows that one hospital was fined $50,000 with the death of a patient that died after he pulled out his tracheotomy tube although there were instructions that that patient be restrained and supervised. There was also a fine given to a hospital that misdiagnosed an ectopic pregnancy. A woman?s oxygen levels were not monitored correctly, leading to another fine. A patient died after nurses failed to notice that his heart monitor was disconnected. These are just a few of the examples of the 98,000 people who die every year as a result of medical error. To learn more about the hospital fines, please click the link.
Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on February 01, 2010 (boomark / email).
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