Daughter Finds Mystery Woman in Mother's Hospital Bed, Demands Answers

'That's not my mom': Pennsylvania hospital allegedly 'loses' elderly woman there for treatment

A startling incident in Pennsylvania has underscored the importance of patient identification protocols at hospitals, as Rae Corrado says she experienced a case of hospital patient mix-up at UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh. Expecting to find her mother, Gloria Corrado, in her assigned hospital bed, Rae was instead met with a stranger wearing her mother’s identification wristband. “I don’t care what it says. It’s not my mom” Rae Corrado said she discove…

‘That’s not my mom’: Daughter finds mystery woman in mother’s hospital bed

An investigation is underway after a patient mix-up involving a Pittsburgh hospital chain.

Pennsylvania woman finds stranger in mother’s bed after hospital mix-up

PITTSBURGH, PA — A patient transfer error between two UPMC hospitals left a local family shaken after a woman found a stranger in the hospital bed assigned to her mother and wearing her mother’s hospital wristband. News outlets say, Rae Corrado said she was waiting for her mother, Gloria Corrado, to be transferred from UPMC Presbyterian to UPMC Mercy Rehab on Friday. Hours later, Rae was informed her mother had arrived. But when she went to the …

Daughter finds mystery woman in mother's hospital bed, demands answers

Rae Corrado said she discovered a mystery woman in her mother’s hospital bed. She said the unidentified woman was wearing a wristband labeled with Corrado's mother’s name, Gloria.

Patient mix-up: Woman says she found stranger in her mother’s hospital bed at UPMC Mercy

A woman told Channel 11 that she went to UPMC Mercy expecting to see her mother, but instead, there was a stranger in her bed wearing her mother’s wristband.

Daughter finds mystery woman in mother's hospital bed, demands answers from UPMC

Rae Corrado said she discovered a mystery woman in her mother’s hospital bed at UPMC Mercy Rehab. She said the unidentified woman was wearing a wristband labeled with Corrado's mother’s name, Gloria.