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A Sacramento woman died at the hospital but her family wasn’t notified for nearly a year

Headline from CNN, on the newest of 2 developments

After Jessie Peterson, 31, was hospitalized in Sacramento in the spring of 2023, her family was told she had left the medical center against the advice of doctors. They spent the next year searching for her, only to learn she died just two hours after last speaking with her mother.

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  1. California hospital told woman's family she had checked out when she was actually dead, lawsuit says

    Headline from NBC Los Angeles ·

  2. Newest

    A Sacramento woman died at the hospital but her family wasn’t notified for nearly a year

    Headline from CNN ·

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8 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC Los Angeles

    California hospital told woman's family she had checked out when she was actually dead, lawsuit says (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    Jessie Peterson’s loved ones were told she checked out of Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Sacramento and it allegedly took a year to find her body.

  2. New York Post

    Family spent a year looking for daughter after hospital said she checked herself out — but she was dead the whole time: lawsuit (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Jessie Peterson, 31, died at the Mercy San Juan Medical Center, just outside Sacramento, in April last year after admitting herself for treatment for her long-diagnosed Type 1 diabetes, according to a negligence suit filed this month.

  3. KESQ Palm Springs

    A Sacramento woman died at the hospital. Her family, unaware, ​searched for her for more than a year​​ (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Sacramento, California (CNN) — A lawsuit filed in California alleges a hospital misplaced a patient and failed to notify her family. Here is what the family says happened: Jessie Peterson suffered a diabetic episode and was taken to a hospital in Sacramento, California, on Apr…

  4. East Idaho News

    A California woman died at the hospital. Her family, unaware, ​searched for her for more than a year​​ (opens East Idaho News)

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    East Idaho News's feed description

    SACRAMENTO, California (CNN) — A lawsuit filed in California alleges a hospital misplaced a patient and failed to notify her family. Here is what the family says happened: Jessie Peterson suffered a diabetic episode and was taken to a hospital in Sacramento, California, on April 6, 2023.

  5. CNN

    A Sacramento woman died at the hospital but her family wasn’t notified for nearly a year (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    After Jessie Peterson, 31, was hospitalized in Sacramento in the spring of 2023, her family was told she had left the medical center against the advice of doctors. They spent the next year searching for her, only to learn she died just two hours after last speaking with her mother.

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