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Three people are suing PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center after a man who was incorrectly identified as his roommate was ...

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 ...

But an alleged mix-up at the hospital led staff to contact the family of his ward roommate, Michael Beehler, 60, instead of Wells' own relatives. The hospital told Debbie Danielson, Michael's ...

David Wells died after he was taken off life support because he was misidentified as Michael Beehler Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

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 ...

At some point during Wells’ transport to the hospital, he was misidentified as the person who’d called 911, his roommate, Michael Beehler. When hospital staff asked if they should pull Wells’ life ...