Harbor-UCLA ER patients are in jeopardy, California inspectors say
Los Angeles Times, February 6, 2008
Overcrowding in the emergency room at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is placing patients in immediate jeopardy, according to California inspectors working on behalf of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The investigation was prompted by the death of an emergency room patient who left the hospital before treatment was finished and was found dead in a parking lot across the street.
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