CMS Finds Catholic Hospital Stored Human Remains For Years
Bishop Jaime Soto — Responsible For Implementation Of Catholic Teachings At Dignity Health’s Mercy San Juan Medical Center By Robert Aller, Dec 11, 2025 The National Conference of Catholic Bishops adopted the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs) in 1971. These Directives became the ethical and religious standards for all Catholic […]
The Jessie Peterson Case
By Sonika Khanal & Bob Aller Posted on January 23, 2025 Patient Jessie Peterson On April 6, 2024, Ms. Jessie Peterson, 31, a type 1 diabetes patient, suffered a severe diabetic exacerbation. She was hospitalized at Dignity’s Mercy Hospital. According to medical records, two days later, on April 8, 2024, Ms. Peterson died at 4:27 […]
Chaos In A General Surgery Residency Program
BY BOB ALLER In April 2017, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville), a resident from the general surgery residency program was instructed to place a central venous catheter. During the procedure in the morning (over 5 million central lines are placed each year), the resident missed the right interior jugular vein and mistakenly placed the […]