A Washington hospital mistakenly allowed the wrong family to make life support decisions for another patient by mistake.

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Hospital Mixes Up Patients, Pulls Plug On Wrong Man After Getting Permission from Different Family

THE FAMILY of a man whose life support was incorrectly switched off in a tragic case of mistaken identity are demanding answers from the hospital where he died. David Wells, 69, was placed on life support in Washington State hospital after he choked on a piece of steak while eating dinner in Vancouver, Washington. PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, Vancouver, is now being sued by both families involvedGoogle Maps KGWDavid Wells was placed on …

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Patient taken off life support & dies as 'he's mistaken for hospital roommate'

David Wells, 69, died in the hospital in 2021, and it wasn't until a local news story two years later that Wells' son learned of the mix-up.

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Patient's Life Support Cut After Hospital Allegedly Consulted With Wrong Family

A man in a US hospital was mistakenly disconnected from life support after being mistaken for his roommate. The family is now demanding an explanation from the hospital where he died, The Sun reports.

Un bărbat internat într-un spital din SUA a fost deconectat în mod eronat de la aparate, fiind confundat cu colegul său de salon. Familia cere acum explicaţii de la spitalul unde acesta a murit, scrie The Sun.

"Nu poţi fi în viaţă. Eşti mort". Bărbat deconectat din greşeală de la aparate, în SUA. A fost confundat cu colegul său de salon

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"You can't be alive. You're dead." Man accidentally disconnected from life support in US. He was mistaken for his roommate

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In the USA, a hospital turns off a patient's life support. This is a mix-up and the relatives only find out about it years later.

In den USA schaltet ein Krankenhaus die lebenserhaltenden Maßnahmen bei einem Patienten ab. Dabei geschieht eine Verwechslung. Die Angehörigen erfahren erst nach Jahren davon.

Verwechslung mit dem Bettnachbarn: Klage gegen US-Krankenhaus nach versehentlicher Abschaltung lebenserhaltender Geräte

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Confusion with the bed neighbor: Lawsuit against US hospital after accidental shutdown of life-support devices

A Washington state hospital faces lawsuits after mistakenly taking the wrong patient off life support when a different family authorized the removal for someone else.

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Multiple families are suing PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, a hospital in Vancouver, Washington, after the wrong patient, David Wells, was reportedly taken off life support. RELATED: 80-Year-Old Minnesota Woman Passes Away After Being “Fully Engulfed” In Flames While On Motorized Scooter Here’s What Allegedly Happened To David Wells According to the New York Post, Wells was rushed to the medical center on August 8, 2021, after choking on a…

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Families Sues, Wrong Patient Taken Off Life Support

Man in coma died after hospital wrongly took him off life support A man in a coma, David Wells, died in 2021 after a hospital in Washington, USA, mistakenly removed his life support. The incident was only investigated in 2024, with a civil lawsuit filed against PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center on 3 Dec, local news outlet KGW8 reported. Wrong family contacted for end-of-life decision Mr Wells was taken to the hospital on 8 Aug 2021 after chok…

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