Family blames nurse shortage for son’s death in Georgia ER | Behind the Investigation

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Family blames nurse shortage for son’s death in Georgia ER | Behind the Investigation

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Published on Jun 30, 2025, 7:33:30 PM
Total time: 00:09:48

Episode Description

A Georgia hospital is facing a lawsuit, alleging it failed to prevent the suicide of a 35-year-old man who sought emergency psychiatric care and blames a lack of staff and oversight for his death.

The suit, filed by the family of Michael Sharadin, claims Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah and its staff did not provide the supervision required for patients experiencing a mental health crisis. The wrongful death and medical malpractice complaint names several nurses, a physician, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, and the hospital’s parent companies as defendants

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