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St. Rafe's Fined $250K in Deaths
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Business New Haven
11/11/2002
By: BNH
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NEW HAVEN - The Hospital of Saint Raphael has agreed to pay a $250,000 penalty to the state for the deaths of two patients who died during routine heart procedures in January.
Two women suffocated in January because the oxygen mask used during a routine heart procedure at the New Haven hospital was mistakenly hooked up to nitrous oxide, an anesthetic.
"The department feels that this payment is appropriate given the egregious nature of our findings," said William Gerrish, spokesman for the state's Department of Public Health (DPH).
There is no restitution for the families in the state's agreement with St. Raphael's, although families of both women have hired lawyers. Hospital spokeswoman Cindy von Beren said in published reports that an out-of-court settlement has been reached with one family, and that negotiations with the other family had begun.
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