Newsday: State halts pediatric cardiac surgery at Stony Brook
Citing the “imminent danger to the health and safety of pediatric cardiac surgery patients,” the state Department of Health yesterday ordered Stony Brook University Hospital to “immediately cease and desist” its pediatric cardiac surgery and catherization programs.
In the order from State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, the hospital was “prohibited from admitting patients to these programs, performing cardiac surgeries or diagnostic procedures until further notice from the department.”
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