Report: L+M Hospital Cited For 2017 Patient Death

NEW LONDON, CT — Lawrence+ Memorial is one of a number of hospitals cited in hospital inspection reports conducted by the state Department of Public Health. According to Connecticut Health I-Team, the inspections took place at hospitals last year and earlier this year and are contained in C-HIT’s Data Mine Section.

In the L+M case, a patient died after not being administered anti-seizure medication during a 10-day hospital stay in March 2017, C-HIT noted citing the report.

"The patient was admitted on March 18, 2017, and released 10 days later, but was readmitted to the hospital hours later actively seizing. Despite treatment efforts, the patient died April 11, 2017," the report said.

According to C-HIT, "after inspection reports are sent to the hospitals, each submits a corrective action plan that requires DPH approval. The corrective action plans are included in C-HIT’s database."

It's noted by C-HIT that state health inspectors "generally survey Connecticut hospitals in unannounced visits every two to four years. They tour facilities, observe staff in action and examine documents. "

Read the findings on individual hospitals here.