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Mike Thompson: You mentioned the lady who was sobbing in your office. It reminded me of that visit I had last week. It was a family…

On the recordMay 3, 1995
You mentioned the lady who was sobbing in your office. It reminded me of that visit I had last week. It was a family from Nashville who had lost their 5-year-old daughter. She had gone in for a routine tonsillectomy. One error followed another; many, many things went wrong. The clinic was hiring on the cheap. They had a drug addict there administering to this person.
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

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Discussing a tragic medical incident involving a child's death during a routine procedure.

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