Report on 2019 care shows higher-than-expected mortality rates at 2 local hospitals

Wilkes-Barre General Hospital is seen in a file photo. The hospital in 2019 had a higher than expected mortality rate for kidney and urinary tract infections, higher than expected rates of both mortality and readmission for acute kidney failure cases, and a higher than expected mortality rate for sepsis, according to a new report.

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