A hospital patient died after being taken off life support when staff mistakenly asked the wrong family if they wanted to pull the plug, according to a lawsuit. David Wells was unconscious and not ...

David Wells died after he was taken off life support because he was misidentified as Michael Beehler Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center is being sued after alleged patient mix-up that resulted in life support being pulled from ...

An unconscious man who was admitted to a hospital in Washington state in 2021 was taken off life support inadvertently when he was mistaken for someone else, according to two lawsuits. David Wells, 69 ...

An empty hospital room with a bed, medical equipment, a chair, and curtains. The room is dimly lit and appears ready for a patient. A Washington hospital patient died when staff erroneously called the ...

A Washington hospital patient died when staff erroneously called the wrong family to ask whether or not they should keep him on life support. The New York Post reports that David Wells died in August ...