California Hospital Fined $100k for Medical Error That Caused Patient to Suffocate, Die

The California Department of Public Health has fined Seton Medical Center in Daly City $100,000 after a patient suffocated and died from a medical error, according to a Mercury News report.

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Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on Seton Medical Center.

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