A Kentucky hospital pharmacy mistake resulted in a young teen slipping into a coma. The hospital pharmacy filled the wrong prescription with a dangerous drug in a very high amount. The pharmacy mistake was not caught in time and the teen had already taken an…
Pharmacy errors are much more common than Americans realize. In the U.S. alone, there are billions of prescriptions filled every year. Unfortunately, medication mistakes occur daily and affect up to 15% of all prescription medicine filled at or dispensed by hospitals, pharmacies, and/or physicians’ offices….
A Kentucky hospital caused the death of a woman after she was given an overdose of a prescribed medication. The error was the result of the nursing staff not being unable to read the doctor’s handwriting in the patient’s chart. Rather than ask for clarification…
Western KY woman dies in tractor accident Posted: Jan 28, 2011 10:55 PM Friday, January 28, 2011 10:55 PM EST Updated: Jan 28, 2011 10:56 PM Friday, January 28, 2011 10:56 PM EST A 41-year old woman from western Kentucky died in a tragic accident…