Parents protest Tampa Bay, FL, doctor

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Tampabays10.com, November 12, 2008

Family and friends recently protested outside Tampa Bay, FL-based University Community Hospital Carrollwood waving signs and handing out flyers. The parents of 9-year-old Nicole Lang-Veru said they wanted to share their daughter's story with other families. Lang-Veru died from the flu on December 26, 2006. Her father took her to UCH, but she was released from the hospital. Now her parents are saying the doctor never should have released Nicole from the hospital.

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