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Patient dies after fall from sixth-floor window of Maine hospital

Hospital Safety Insider, March 31, 2016

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Police are investigating the death of a man who died after falling from a sixth-floor window of Maine Medical Center in Portland on March 29, according to a report in the Maine Sun-Journal.

According to the report, Paul Cady, 43, of Hollis, Maine, fell from the Richards Tower about 5:10 p.m., and was a patient at the facility.

No other details were available about the incident, but the report indicated officials didn't consider the death to be suspicious.

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