The inspection came after a patient stopped breathing and slipped into a coma following a routine procedure.
The state inspection found that ASC’s managers had not properly monitored the patient, reviewed doctors’ credentials, had no documented patient-safety program and that the ASC has had no medical director since October, according to the report.
Read the Sun-Sentinel’s report about Atlantic Surgical Center.
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