St. Luke’s Hospital-Anderson Campus didn’t do enough to prevent a patient from falling and injuring their head, a report from the Pennsylvania Department of Health shows.
Two reports from the Pennsylvania Department of Health dated Dec. 16 focus on a patient who fell and injured themselves after bed alarms were turned off. These reports were among several from the state that cited either St. Luke’s University Health Network or Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health, for not complying with state regulations over the last several months.
The Morning Call periodically checks the state’s hospital health and safety report database for violations documented by the Department of Health at LVHN and St. Luke’s University Health Network-operated hospitals and other major health providers in and around the Lehigh Valley. More often than not these reports state that hospitals are in full compliance or only detail minor violations related to internal records keeping or policy issues…