Reply #3: Did you click on the link? I didn't register, but here's another snip: [View All]

[babylonsister]

After months of investigation, state health inspectors determined that Brown's death was nothing so random as an embolism.

Brotman staffers, the inspectors found, had failed Brown in virtually every way: Her nurses -- Allen's colleagues -- appear to have forged consent forms and had Brown sign agreements that she couldn't understand. One failed to call for help as Brown's vital signs plummeted.

Her doctors didn't investigate signs of heart failure, performed a risky emergency surgery with no clear justification and then didn't intervene as her condition deteriorated. And hospital officials didn't even look into what went wrong until inspectors inquired.

"That is just a pretty phenomenal failure," said Dr. Eric J. Thomas, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Texas, Houston, and a patient safety expert who reviewed Brown's medical records and the state report for the Los Angeles Times.

"Certainly anyone would classify it as a preventable death," he said.

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