NYC patient died after blood transfusion error
NEW YORK - (AP) -- Officials say an 84-year-old patient died after getting a transfusion of the wrong blood type at a New York City hospital.
The city's Health and Hospitals Corp. said the patient died at Coney Island Hospital on June 9.
The Daily News (http://nydn.us/18j4WqM ) reports that the hospital's lab misidentified the patient's blood type.
The state Health Department has ordered the city-run hospital to send patients' blood elsewhere for testing.
In a statement, the HHC said "our deepest condolences go out to the family."
According to the News, such errors typically occur in about one of every 14,000 transfusions.
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