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Rhode Island Hospital Fined for Fifth Surgery Error in Two Years
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Source: ABC News
November 05, 2009
Rhode Island Hospital, based in Providence, has been fined $150,000 by the Rhode Island Department of Health after a surgeon operated on the wrong finger of a patient last month. Among the ramifications, the hospital will have to install video cameras in all of its operating rooms and all surgeries will have to be watched by a clinical professional, not on the surgical team, trained in surgical safety measures.
