The patient had been cardioverted while having an operation, and that caused an arc which led to a curtain catching on fire, according to the report. Hospital employees put the fire out, but it left the patient in the hospital.
“We are investigating what happened and until that is complete, it would not be appropriate to speculate,” a spokeswoman from U-M Health System told The Ann Arbor News.
The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched an investigation into the incident.
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