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Inspection finds 'deficiencies' in patient rights at hospital that treated baby after he was cut from mother's womb

CHICAGO - Poor communication between law enforcement and medical staff violated patient rights standards in the case of a newborn who was cut from his mother's womb and brought to a suburban hospital with another woman, according to a federal inspection.

The finding was included in a six-page report on the inspection released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Friday - the same day that the infant, 7-week-old Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn after being on life support.

Despite some "deficiencies"

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