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Breaking with the past

Someone had apparently left a morphine needle on a patient's bed, and the family wanted answers.

Two Nassau University Medical Center staff members flagged down the hospital's medical director, Dr. Steven Walerstein, and filled him in. It was just before 4 p.m.

The family also complained about a smoky smell in the room on the ninth floor. And nurses had to use five different blood...

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