State inspectors have returned to Mission Hospital for the second time in four months following complaints from nurses and a coalition of doctors, patient advocates and elected officials about recent deaths they say could have been prevented with better staffing and better telemonitoring procedures.
“NCDHHS-DHSR staff are on-site at Mission Hospital,” North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Hannah Jones told Asheville Watchdog in an email Monday afternoon. “We cannot comment on possible or ongoing investigations.”
Mission spokesperson Nancy Lindell did not respond to the Watchdog’s request for comment about the inspection…