Patient dies after hospital asks wrong family whether to pull the plug on life support: lawsuit
A hospital patient died after being taken off life support when staff mistakenly asked the wrong family if they wanted to pull the plug, according to a lawsuit. David Wells was unconscious and not breathing when he was rushed in an ambulance to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver,
Patient's Life Support Cut After Hospital Allegedly Consulted With Wrong Family
David Wells, 69, died in the hospital in 2021, and it wasn't until a local news story two years later that Wells' son learned of the mix-up.
Patient dies after being wrongly taken off life support ‘when he was mistaken for his hospital roommate in same ward’
THE family of a man whose life support was mistakenly switched off in a tragic case of mistaken identity are demanding answers from the hospital where he died. David Wells, 69, was placed on life
Patient Dies After Hospital Misidentifies and Asks Wrong Family About Removing Life Support
David Wells died after he was taken off life support because he was misidentified as Michael Beehler in August 2021
Patient taken off life support after he was mistaken for his hospital roommate, lawsuit claims
Do you want us to keep him on life support or do you want to pull the plug?” hospital staff asked the wrong family
Vancouver hospital sued after family pulls life support on wrong patient
KGW first reported on the medical mix-up last year, prompting a state investigation by the Washington Department of Health.
Hospital Mixes Up Patients, Pulls Plug On Wrong Man
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Patient Dies After Hospital Asks Wrong Family About Removing Life Support
David Wells died in August 2021 after he was taken off life support when PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center misidentified him as his hospital roommate, Michael Beehler. Now, his family is suing for negligence.
Hospital in Washington Sued for Taking Wrong Patient Off Life Support
The hospital misidentified the patient and called the wrong family to ask whether he should remain on life support.
Man dies after wrong family was asked about taking off life support
A hospital is being sued after it pulled the plug on the wrong patient who was on life support. According to a Jan. 15 report by PEOPLE Magazine, a hospital in Vancouver, WA has been charged for negligence and for causing severe emotional distress after it consulted the wrong family about their next step on a man named Michael Beehler.
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Man's life support switched off after hospital staff mistake him for another patient
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Choke victim dies after hospital asks wrong family whether to pull the plug on life support: lawsuit
However, he was wrongly identified as his hospital roommate, Mike Beehler, according to the lawsuit obtained by McClatchy News. Hospital staff attempted to reach out to Wells’ family to make the ...