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Oxygen Cutoff That Killed One at Quebec COVID ICU Last Summer Blamed on Human Error
April 5, 2021
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MONTREAL—A Montreal−area health authority is blaming human error after oxygen was cut off to nine intensive care COVID-19 patients last spring, leaving one dead. The news about the incident that occurred at Hopital Charles−Le Moyne, in Longueuil, Que., was first reported by La Presse today. Health authority spokesperson Martine Lesage said today in an email…
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