Death, Profit and Disclosure at a Children’s Hospital

<p>A Times investigation found that doctors at UNC Children’s Hospital suspected that children with complex heart conditions had been dying at higher-than-expected rates, and even children with low-risk conditions seemed to do poorly. Secret recordings shared with our colleague reveal what was happening inside the hospital. Guest: Ellen Gabler, an investigative reporter for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. </p><p>Background reading:</p><ul><li>Limited information released by UNC shows that the hospital’s cardiac surgery mortality rate from July 2013 through June 2017 was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/30/us/children-heart-surgery-cardiac.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">higher than those of most of the 82 hospitals that publicly report similar information</a>.</li><li>Listen to<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/us/children-heart-surgery-takeaways.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> the audio recordings that provide an unfiltered look</a> behind closed doors at the hospital. </li></ul>