O2 patient dies, state fines facility
By HME News Staff
Updated Sun April 30, 2006
ESCONDIDO, Calif. - The state handed a nursing home here a $100,000 fine in late February after an oxygen patient under its care was left alone while smoking a cigarette. The patient, who had COPD, caught fire and burned to death, according to the San Diego Union Tribune. It's the fourth time the state has fined Palomar Heights Care Center, a 98-bed facility.
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