Connecticut Hospital Oncologist Fined $5k for Wrong-Side Radiation

Richard C. Shumway, MD, has agreed to pay $5,000 after one of his patients was administered radiation on the wrong side of his mouth, according to a New Haven Independent report.

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Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on wrong-site procedures.

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