L.I. Hospital Scrutinized After Deaths of Patients

An unneeded surgery, same as bariatric surgery.

A dead patient, same as bariatric surgery.

An unnecessary complication, same as bariatric surgery.

A needless death, same as bariatric surgery.

Malpractice, same as bariatric surgery.

"On May 25, she had a double mastectomy. The next day, she died of complications from the surgery.

As it turned out, the woman did not have cancer. According to the State Department of Health, the pathology report from the woman’s surgery had found no tumors in her breasts. The hospital’s lab had mixed up her test with another woman’s...

The error, which was reported by The New York Post and News 12 Long Island, the cable news channel, has brought more scrutiny to Mercy Medical Center, in Rockville Centre. In October, the Health Department concluded that the hospital had taken proper “corrective action” after the mix-up in the mastectomy case. But it is investigating the hospital over the deaths of three other patients."

Caveat eator.