A new study revealed that though hospital workers believe that patients are put at risk when they go to work while sick, many of them admitted to doing this last year, a Reuters report stated on July 6.

Researcher Julia Szymczak and her colleagues surveyed 536 workers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The researchers found that even though 95 percent of the responders were aware of risking patients when they go to work sick, 83 percent of them did this at least once in 2014. According to Dr. Jeffrey Starke from Houston, patients with immune disorders in particular are at great risk when doctors do this. Dr. Starke, who wrote a commentary on the research, suggested that hospitals should implement a policy to prevent sick workers from coming in.

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An elderly Connecticut woman has filed a lawsuit against Yale-New Haven Hospital after she says she was seriously injured when she fell off of an operating table following a pacemaker implant, the Huffington Post reports.

The 81 year-old suffered a fractured hip and collar bone, a serious head injury that caused her her brain to bleed, among other injuries. She and her attorney claim the hospital’s to blame because it did not have policies or procedures in place to prevent her fall.

The woman also blames the hospital staff for failing to realize she had not recovered from medication given to her after surgery, which increased her risk of falling. She is seeking $15,000 in damages.

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