NATION IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Fix Problems or Lose Funds, Hospital Told
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Federal officials said that they found “an immediate and serious threat to the health and safety of patients” at University Community Hospital in Tampa. One man died when he was mistakenly taken off a ventilator and another had the wrong leg amputated at the hospital. The federal Health Care Financing Administration warned the hospital to clear up its problems to avoid losing its Medicare funding. The 424-bed facility has until April 20 to start correcting the problems.
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