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Originally Posted by Bagor
Completely disagree. Why should the hospital be held accountable for something they were completely unaware of? The fact that they didn't have a policy (which is totally unrealistic anyway) doesn't make them liable. If they had a policy and failed to implement it, then different story.
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I agree with OB on her point.
It shouldn't take the death of a man for a policy change to be implimented. It was a preventable death that could have been avoided. Why not look at all the possibilities that could happen in an ER as opposed to reacting after a person dies.