According to this article on Maineville.com, a Mayo Regional patient received 10 times the needed epinephrine.
The article reported that Timothy Harvey, 51, went to the hospital’s emergency room on June 4. He was suffering from an allergic reaction and died early the next morning from a massive overdose of medication mistakenly administered by hospital staff.
The hospital’s CEO said it takes full responsibi [...]
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Patient Dies of Medication Overdose Due to Hospital Negligence
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Family to Sue Aria Over Waiting-Room Death
The family of the late Latino musician Joaquin Rivera is preparing to sue Aria Health System. According to an article in the Philadelphia Daily News, the state Department of Health released a report detailing numerous staff policy violations that occurred on Nov. 28, the night Rivera had a fatal heart attack in the waiting room of Aria Health’s Frankford campus.
Rivera, 63, sat dead for more than 40 minutes and w [...]
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