Melissa in the Morning: Patient Advocacy

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Melissa in the Morning: Patient Advocacy

Yale will pay dozens of patients who sued the school after extremely painful egg retrievals at its fertility clinic. It comes after a nurse secretly swapped their anesthesia with saline. While Yale says it has committed to making changes to the way it handles narcotics, what does this case mean for Connecticut residents and having health advocacy? Attorney Eric Chaffin of Chaffin Luhana, a national law firm with offices in Connecticut talked about patient advocacy and the breakdown happening between doctors and patients.  

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