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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

VA Hospital DNR Let Vietnam Veteran Die

Vietnam vet dies after mistaken DNR order at VA hospital
KXTV-TV, Sacramento, Calif.
George Warren
October 21, 2014

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Vietnam veteran and former deputy sheriff who died following surgery last week at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center here had a do-not-resuscitate armband mistakenly placed on him, VA officials said.

But the officials insisted the error was not fatal because doctors quickly checked the medical records of Roland Mayo, 65, of Citrus Heights, Calif., to confirm the designation.

"Friday morning he was smiling and doing fine," said Delania Mayo Kenton, the youngest of Mayo's three grown children.

Privacy rules prevent the VA from identifying the patient to anyone other than his next of kin, in this case his twin brother, spokeswoman Tara Ricks said Monday.

Kenton and Mayo's daughter-in-law were among the family members who identified Mayo as the patient.
"After an initial investigation, we can confirm that a do-not-resuscitate band was incorrectly placed on one of our patients who passed away on Friday," Ricks said in a statement. "The arm band did not contribute to a delay in the response of the code team, which attempted to resuscitate the patient within minutes of the code being called. At this time, initial findings indicate that timely resuscitation was performed.
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