MEDICAL NIGHTMARE: Nashville Hospital Paralyzes Patients In Horrific Medication Mix-Up
The Brandon Tatum reports:
Because apologizing totally fixes permanent paralysis, right? A Nashville hospital is trying to brush off a nightmare medical error after staff managed to swap spinal anesthetics with doses of potassium, leaving routine surgery patients completely paralyzed.
Multiple patients at a Nashville hospital were reportedly paralyzed after staff mistakenly gave them the wrong medication during routine joint replacement procedures. One patient, 72-year-old Glenda Dorton, woke up paralyzed from the chest down after her family says she was given potassium instead of the anesthetic meant for her spinal procedure. The hospital apologized, self-reported the incident to state regulators, and says new safeguards have been put in place.
A quick ‘sorry’ and a promise to do better doesn’t restore someone’s ability to walk. The utter lack of basic medical safety protocols here should terrify anyone walking into a hospital.
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