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Three Mass. ERs cited for denial of care

Changes made; one patient died

By Liz Kowalczyk

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 23, 2012

Health officials cited three Massachusetts hospitals in the past six months for wrongly sending away patients from their emergency rooms, in one case resulting in the death of a patient while en route to another facility. The law guaranteeing access to emergency care requires hospitals to provide patients with a “medical screening exam’’ and to treat and stabilize patients with emergency medical conditions.

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