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"A Modesto hospital is facing a new accusation of violating patient safety, on the same day it\u00A0was fined $125,000 by the California Department of Public Health.\"This should never have happened. I feel betrayed,\" Mary Gonzalez told KCRA 3. \"I don't want to end up with a disease.\"Gonzalez has been warned she will need months of testing for HIV and Hepatitis C, after surgery last month at Memorial Medical Center in Modesto.Gonzalez had a colonoscopy and told KCRA 3 her doctor later called, telling her he may have used an unsterilized scope during the procedure.The hospital then sent Gonzalez a letter, warning her of potential exposure to those infectious diseases.\"I don't want it to happen to nobody else,\" Gonzalez said. \"I'm really upset about it and I can't eat right. I can't sleep right.\"So, Gonzalez called KCRA 3, and this reporter contacted Memorial Medical Center.The hospital said it could not comment on specific patient information, but issued a statement to KCRA 3.\"We investigate all patient safety situations as they arise, and work with the appropriate departments to complete those investigations,\" the hospital stated.The Gonzalez incident came to light on the same day the hospital was fined by the Department of Public Health for two other cases -- one from last year and one from 2011, involving violations of patient safety.Memorial Medical Center has 10 days to appeal the $125,000 in penalties.Under state law, hospitals are allowed to pay just 65 cents on the dollar if they settle their cases promptly.On Wednesday night, Memorial Medical Center told KCRA 3 it will pay the fines issued by the state.\u00A0The hospital can save more than $43,000 by settling quickly.In one of the citations issued Wednesday, the California Department of Public Health fined Memorial Medical Center for operating on the wrong patient.In a second case, a patient who had just come out of surgery was not breathing for 17 minutes, before doctors started resuscitation.He later died.The hospital has been ordered to submit a corrective plan of action to prevent similar mistakes from happening in the future."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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