South Dakota's Rapid City Regional Hospital was first cited for disposing medical waste at the city dump over a year ago, according to an article on the Rapid City Journal website.
Despite repeated warnings, discussions and fines directed at the healthcare facility over the past year, city officials say it's still happening today.
"We know that Regional's making efforts to correct this," said Rapid City public works director Dale Tech. "However, what we've seen in their weekly trips out to us, it really hasn't changed."
The STAT website recently released a study collating data from state surveyors on behalf of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services. It named Rapid City Regional Hospital as the second worst teaching hospital in the country for safety violations.
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