Florida Hospital Shuts Down Surgery Program After Several Babies Die

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By Julie Fidler

A Florida hospital at the center of a controversy involving disturbingly high death rates among infant and newborn cardiac patients treated at the facility has shut down its pediatric cardiothoracic surgery program.

A year-long CNN investigation revealed that from 2011 to 2013, St. Mary’s Medical Center had a 12.5% mortality rate for open-heart surgeries, which is more than three times the national average. At least nine babies died under the hospital’s care since the program started in 2011. A tenth child was left permanently paralyzed. [1]

In June 2014, the chairman of an expert state panel recommended that St. Mary’s stop operating …read more

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