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| | Patient dies after tube inserted into lungs instead of stomach, Japan |
 | | An 84-year-old patient died in a hospital in Matsudamachi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, after a nurse mistakenly inserted a nutrient tube into his lungs instead of his stomach, prefectural authorities said Monday. |
 | | The incident occurred at about noon Thursday, and the man, from Minamiashigara, died Friday night at the Ashigarakami Hospital, run by the Kanagawa prefectural government. |
 | | The nurse had attempted to push the tube back into the man's stomach through the nose after pulling it out because it was loose, they said. |
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