US EditionThird Patient Dies After Receiving 'Six Times the Required Drug Dose' at Hospital in Central Spain
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The patient had been admitted to the ICU for four months because of injuries caused by a dose six times higher than prescribed, due to the failure in the hospital.More information: The Patient Ombudsman and the Prosecutor's Office bring the case of overdose of chemotherapy in Burgos Hospital to court.
The other two affected by an error that occurred in the University Hospital and that is being investigated as manslaughter by recklessness have already been discharged.
A third cancer patient, of the five who received a dose six times higher than that prescribed by a mistake in the preparation of the drug, two of whom died in December, has died in the University Hospital of Burgos after several months admitted in critical condition in the ICU.Continue reading...
The man entered the ICU after the medication error and never left it. The family has requested the autopsy.
A third cancer patient, of the five who received a dose six times higher than that prescribed by a mistake in the preparation of the drug, two of whom died in December, died in Burgos University Hospital after several months in critical condition at the ICU. Read more]]>
The third of the five oncological patients who received by mistake six times the scheduled dose has died in Burgos, according to the Diario de Burgos. The patient had been admitted to the ICU for several months, confirmed sources from the hospital to EFE. The other two affected died in December. Justice investigates the case as a possible crime of homicide and injuries due to serious professional imprudence.
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