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Leaving Hospital? Heed Care Tips or You May Be Back

Posted on 02/14/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthBy Lauran Neergaard, Medical Writer, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Lee knew he was still in bad shape when he left the hospital five days after emergency heart surgery. But he was so eager to escape the constant prodding and the roommate’s loud TV that he tuned out the nurses’ care instructions. “I was really tired of Jerry Springer,” the New York man says ruefully. “I was so anxious to get out that it sort of overrode everything …