California fines 18 hospitals for shoddy care

August 19th, 2008 By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Eighteen hospitals in California were fined for state health code violations in which patients received shoddy care that in some cases led to deaths.

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