Surgeon linked to high number of infections leaving hospital

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Fresno Bee, September 4, 2008

Dr. Douglas Wallace will soon leave his practice in Fresno, CA, more than nine months after he was linked to a number of patient infections at Saint Agnes Medical Center. According to officials, Saint Agnes did not call for Wallace's resignation, as patient infections have plagued the hospital over the past year.

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