Vancouver hospital asked wrong family whether to pull the plug on patient

02/26/24 at 03:00 AM

Vancouver hospital asked wrong family whether to pull the plug on patient
KGW8 NBC News; 2/21/24
In a terrible case of mistaken identity that has never been publicly disclosed, KGW found PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver allowed a family to pull the plug on the wrong man. “We made life-ending decisions for a person we don’t even know,” said Danielson’s husband, Gary.

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