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US hospital told family their daughter had checked out when in fact she’d died

Guardian
Summary
Nutrition label

63% Informative

Jessie Peterson , 31 , died in the care of Mercy San Juan medical center in California in April 2023 .

The hospital shipped her body to a storage facility and did not inform her mother and sisters.

The family only learned her fate the following April after months of trying to find her.

Family described hospital's conduct as malicious and outrageous’ and accused it of negligence.

VR Score

62

Informative language

58

Neutral language

72

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

60

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

no external sources

Source diversity

no sources

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