Medication Errors
Woman dies of medication error after surgery
While a 45-year-old woman’s cardiac bypass surgery appeared to be a success, hospital officials did not anticipate a post-op error that was to be made just a few hours after the surgery took place. An evening nurse administered anesthesia called Propofol, and the patient soon after died of a cardiac arrest. A jury apparently felt that the nurse was not qualified to administer the anesthesia as it returned a $15