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TORRANCE, Calif. – A Southern California anesthesiologist's decision to decorate an unconscious patient's face with stickers and a photo taken by a nurse's aide have prompted a state investigation and ...

During surgery at Torrance Memorial Medical Center, an anesthesiologist decorated a patient’s face with stickers while the patient was unconscious — giving her a black mustache and teardrops under her ...