ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Resources (NCDHHS) said Mission Hospital has been placed on Immediate Jeopardy.

According to the NCDHHS, Immediate Jeopardy is when a hospital’s noncompliance has placed the health and safety of recipients in its care at risk for serious injury, serious harm, serious impairment or death.

“Noncompliance cited as an Intermediate Jeopardy is the most serious deficiency type, and carries the most serious sanctions for hospitals,” officials said.

Officials said the hospital’s staff following practices resulted in an unsafe environment for patients:

Failed to provide a safe environment for patients by failing to have systems in place and followed to promptly correct and mitigate risks related to patient miside

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