MaineHealth has nine hospitals across Main and New Hampshire, and due to a clerical error 531 of their patients are now dead — at least on paper.
According to ABC, the hospital system sent out condolence letters to 531 of their very-much-alive patients letting them know they had died.
The issue occurred because the healthcare system's software for generating estate vendor letters malfunctioned.
‘MaineHealth sincerely regrets this error and has sent apology letters to all patients who have been affected,' the spokesperson said. ‘At no time were these patients listed as deceased in their medical records and the issue has been fully resolved.'
They also made it clear that none of the patients' plan of care was changed after they were declared dead either.
Mainehealth says they've got everything sorted out now.
Apology letters have since been mailed out to those who were affected by the glitch, and I'm sure all 531 of them are eagerly awaiting the mail to see if they've miraculously come back to life.
Just think, those people were so close to an end of their crippling medical debt.
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