Patient dies after being wrongly taken off life support ‘when he was mistaken for his hospital The family of a man whose life support was incorrectly switched off in a tragic case of mistaken identity are demanding answers from the hospital where he died.
David Wells, 69, was placed on life support in Washington State hospital after he choked on a piece of steak while eating dinner in Vancouver, Washington.
But a mix-up at the hospital led staff to contact the family of his hospital roommate, Michael Beehler, 60, instead of Wells' own relatives and told them: "He's basically brain dead.".
Faced with an excruciating decision, Danielson and her husband, Gary, agreed to end life support.
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