California facilities fined $25,000; death, patient harm cited
San Diego Union-Tribune, August 21, 2008
Four San Diego area hospitals have been fined $25,000 each after reporting preventable mistakes that killed one patient and injured several others. California health regulators are now also looking into three more cases in which patients were put in "immediate jeopardy."
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