Hospital Admits: Death occurred as result of series of breakdowns




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Summary: According to report published in the Ithaca Journal, John Rudd, the CEO of CMC, admitted that a patient's death in his hospital waiting room was "a result of a series of breakdowns." But this troubled hospital then appears to suggest the the bulk of responsibility belongs to one of their temporary nurses, who worked in their Emergency Room triage; telling the Journal that she " did not take vital signs" and "that she falsified records."