David Wells died in August 2021 after he was taken off life support when PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center misidentified ...

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 ...

David Wells died after he was taken off life support because he was misidentified as Michael Beehler in August 2021 ...

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 ...

A hospital patient died after being taken off life support when staff mistakenly asked the wrong family if they wanted to ...

But a mix-up at the hospital led staff to contact the family of his hospital roommate, Michael Beehler, 60, instead of Wells' own relatives. 'They said, "He's basically brain dead," recalled ...

A tragic mix-up at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center led to the wrongful removal of life support from David Wells, who was mistaken for his hospital roommate, Mike Beehler. Beehler’s sister ...

Do you want us to keep him on life support or do you want to pull the plug?” hospital staff asked the wrong family ...

He was placed on a life support at the PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Centre, and the mistake happened when staff confused him with another patient Mike Beehler. And when an attempt to call the ...

KGW first reported on the medical mix-up last year, prompting a state investigation by the Washington Department of Health.