Hospital leaders apologize, acknowledge mistakes cost Laura Levis her life

Leaders of Somerville Hospital’s parent organization met face-to-face Tuesday with the husband of a woman who died after collapsing outside their locked emergency room door in 2016, admitting to “multiple failures” during the emotional sitdown and apologizing for their role in the death. “I’m very sorry for what happened to your wife,” chief executive Patrick Wardell told the widower of 34-year-old Laura Levis, who died after suffering a fatal asthma attack outside Somerville Hospital.