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02-18-2010, 03:00 PM
02-18-2010 03:16 PM
WASHINGTON — The Navy is reviewing the way its Bethesda, Md., medical center cared for the late Rep. John Murtha, who died following complications from gallbladder surgery.
Navy spokesman Cmdr. Danny Hernandez said Thursday an in-depth review of the care that Murtha received at the National Naval Medical Center has started. He said it is the type of review required when a patient dies at the facility.
The 77-year-old Pennsylvania Democrat, chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, was first hospitalized with gallbladder problems in December at the National Naval Medical Center and eventually had his gallbladder removed there.
A few days later he came to another hospital’s emergency room with a fever and infection. The Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., said he died there Feb. 8 from “major complications from surgery” at the National Naval Medical Center.
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WASHINGTON — The Navy is reviewing the way its Bethesda, Md., medical center cared for the late Rep. John Murtha, who died following complications from gallbladder surgery.
Navy spokesman Cmdr. Danny Hernandez said Thursday an in-depth review of the care that Murtha received at the National Naval Medical Center has started. He said it is the type of review required when a patient dies at the facility.
The 77-year-old Pennsylvania Democrat, chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, was first hospitalized with gallbladder problems in December at the National Naval Medical Center and eventually had his gallbladder removed there.
A few days later he came to another hospital’s emergency room with a fever and infection. The Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., said he died there Feb. 8 from “major complications from surgery” at the National Naval Medical Center.
More... (http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2010/02/ap_navy_murtha_care_021810/)
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