October 31, 2012 - 11:32 am
The Food and Drug Administration has released a new list that names 89 hospitals in Maryland that bought tainted drugs from a pharmacy linked to a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak.
According to the Baltimore Sun, in total, the list names more than 3,000 facilities that received the medication, produced by New England Compounding Center, a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, which is being blamed for 354 cases in 19 states and at least 25 deaths.
The new list includes University of Maryland Medical Center, Mercy Medical Center, Saint Joseph Medical Center, Northwest Hospital and Katzen Eye Group, among others, the Sunreports.
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