Probe explores possible mold deaths of two more UPMC patients

UPMC mold crisis could be more widespread than initially believed as they continue to investigate possible fungal-related deaths of transplant patients


The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center mold crisis could be more widespread than initially believed, according to an article on the Trib Live website. A new investigation is exploring the possible mold deaths of two more UPMC patients.

A law firm is gathering details in connection the death of a June 2014 kidney transplant patient in UPMC Montefiore who contracted a fungal lung infection and eventually died in UPMC Presbyterian. The probe is also investigating the death of a man who underwent a lung transplant in November.

Both hospitals were part of a mold investigation last month that caused UPMC to halt its transplant program for nearly a week. 

Although transplants resumed at UPMC after six days, the cardiothoracic ICU at Presby remains closed.

Read the article.

 

 



October 28, 2015


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