Hospital Fined for Wrong-Site Surgery

Courtesy MedPage Today Surgery  Tue, 11/03/2009 - 15:41

Rhode Island Hospital, located in Providence, will pay $150,000 and install video cameras in all of its operating rooms after performing its fifth wrong-site surgery since 2007, according to the state's department of health.

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