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PATIENTS' RIGHTS ADVOCATE Carrie Simon of West Hartford listens Wednesday as Attorney General Richard Blumenthal provides details about a proposed law that, among other things, would require hospitals in the state to screen for the drug-resistant staph infection known as MRSA and to submit reports to the state Department of Public Health on the number of patients who screen positive and the number of patients who develop the infection during hospital stays. In the background is a photo of Simon at the Legislative Office Building. (RICK HARTFORD / January 30, 2008)
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Members’ Stories
Medical error can have devastating effects. Here, in their own words, Connecticut families tell the stories of how medical error changed their lives forever.
David Parian
Unfortunately when I had a tooth extracted, I was not given an antibiotic and got an infection. My wife kept calling my doctor who said it was just the flu. Days passed and I kept getting sicker and sicker and I kept being told I had the flu ... more
To Our Members
March 2008
Within the next two years, we can anticipate changes in the delivery of health
care in our state. Several health authorities have been established by the
Governor, the Speaker of the House, Jim Amman and the President of the Senate,
Don Williams. These newly constituted authorities are to propose recommendations
that would lead CT to universal health coverage.. ... more
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