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Article: Help came too late in the ER; Investigators say a stroke patient had to wait 90 minutes to be treated at St. John's Hospital. He died four days later.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- September 18, 2009
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Byline: MAURA LERNER; VINCE TUSS; STAFF WRITERS
A patient who was having a stroke waited nearly 90 minutes to be examined at the emergency room of St. John's Hospital in Maplewood, according to an investigative report released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Health.
The patient, who was not identified in the report, lost consciousness shortly after he was taken to an exam room and died four days later.
He was identified as Raymond Newmaster, 62, of White Bear Lake, in a telephone interview Thursday night with his wife, Margaret.
An investigation by the Office of Health Facility Complaints found that the hospital violated its ...