Fresno, CA-based Community Regional Medical Center was fined $78,750 by the state after a cancer patient died following a surgery in which a foreign object was left inside the individual. It is the second time the facility has been fined for leaving an object behind after surgery since 2019, according to Becker’s.
The fine is reportedly the highest in state history against a hospital for the category of immediate jeopardy. Data from the California Department of Public Health shows that Community Regional Medical Center has been fined a total of five times for various procedural violations since 2015. That year, in 2015, it was fined a total of $92,000 for a “medical information breach” related to administrative policies. Read more.
