BEND, Ore. (AP) - The St. Charles Medical Center in Bend is being accused of violating procedures following the death of a patient in December who received the wrong medication from a nurse at the facility.
The Bend Bulletin reports a U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report detailed three violations the hospital committed during the treatment of 65-year-old Loretta Macpherson.
The report says the woman was given the wrong medication, and the hospital violated patient rights and failed to supervise Macpherson with a cardiac monitor after starting an IV medication.
St. Charles' chief clinical officer, Dr. Michael Boileau, previously said that monitoring Macpherson's vitals hadn't been necessary. An attorney for the health system says St. Charles responded to the federal report with the required plan of corrective actions in April.
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