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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 06 > Trial opens in patient’s death at St. Charles

Trial opens in patient’s death at St. Charles

47-year-old Bend man died in 2006 after ankle surgery

By Sheila G. Miller / The Bulletin
August 6, 2008

When Stephen Brenn complained of pain after his 2006 ankle replacement surgery, nurses at St. Charles Bend gave him Demerol over several hours. Still screaming and moaning in pain, nurses gave him Dilaudid and 2 milligrams of Ativan to calm his nerves. And when those didn’t work, he....

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