A girl dies during restraint at hospital already criticized for problems.

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A girl dies during restraint at hospital already criticized for problems.

August 11, 2010

Bernhard B, Kohler J. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. August 1, 2010:A1

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In the context of system failures that contributed to the death of a patient, this newspaper article describes how never events are rarely publicized, even though hospital inspection reports are public records.

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