Name: Vancouver hospital asked wrong family whether to pull the plug on patient in identity mix-up
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Vancouver hospital asked wrong family whether to pull the plug on patient in identity mix-up

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In a terrible case of mistaken identity, KGW found that PeaceHealth Southwest allowed a family to pull the plug on the wrong man — and the real family of the man who died were never told the circumstances of their loved one's death. Read more: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/peacehealth-death-mistaken-identity-vancouver-life-support-misidentification/283-910eaf65-3676-42f9-b21e-59cc2070c76e Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/KGWNews8 Watch the latest KGW newscast: https://www.kgw.com/watch Get the KGW app: https://kgw.com/appredirect

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