Four patients say Cedars-Sinai did not tell them they had received a radiation overdose.

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Four patients say Cedars-Sinai did not tell them they had received a radiation overdose.

October 28, 2009

Zarembo A.

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This news piece describes communication gaps following a radiation overdose incident thought to involve more than 200 patients at one hospital.

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