APRIL GAMIZ / THE MORNING CALL
An inspection by the Pennsylvania Department of Health found that Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono’s emergency department was chronically understaffed leading to situations that were unsafe for patients who received inadequate care in many instances. (April Gamiz/첥Ƶ) 
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono failed to provide proper care to a patient by failing to conduct a suicide assessment of a man who threatened suicide. The man was released from the hospital, only to return hours later following a failed attempt at taking his own life, according to a state report.
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