UNC Health pauses some 'complex' pediatric heart surgeries following report

Following a scathing expos é on the N.C. Children's Hospital's pediatric heart surgery program, UNC Health Care has announced a temporary pause on complex operations among a swath of decisions meant to reestablish trust. In late May, the New York Times published an article examining high death rates in the pediatric progr am, based on interviews and secretly recorded audio of the systems' cardiologists. Following the article, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announced…
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