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Dennis Quaid says hospital misled him
AP/Yahoo News, January 15, 2008
Actor Dennis Quaid said staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles misled him while his newborn twins were being treated there, telling him the children were "fine" while the infants were suffering from blood thinning medicine overdose. The hospital said it has taken steps to provide more training to staff and review all policies and procedures involving high-risk medication.
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