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Jul 30, 2008 1:14 pm US/Pacific

San Diego Hospital Cited For Serious Problems

LA MESA, Calif. (AP) ― Federal and state investigators have found serious problems at a suburban San Diego hospital, some of which resulted in preventable deaths.

Mistakes documented this spring at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa include restraining a schizophrenic who suffocated.
 
An 83-year-old hysterectomy patient died from a dangerous anti-narcotic.

Other problems included nurses who did not know or use proper CPR, an unsanitary operating-room mattress held together by tape and glue, unsafe handling of food and kitchen equipment and use of expired medications.

Sharp Grossmont has San Diego County's busiest emergency room.
 
It delivered a corrective plan to the federal Medicare and Medicaid office Tuesday and believes it is now in compliance.

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