Cancer Patient Healthy Kidney Removed By Mistake
Cancer Patient Healthy Kidney Removed By Mistake. Serious surgical mistakes often begin as simple errors that go undetected. Reading the wrong patient’s hospital chart or test results, failing to look at an X-ray or looking at one backwards, improperly filled out forms, or marking the wrong surgical site have all resulted in … [Read more...] about Cancer Patient Healthy Kidney Removed By Mistake
Overdose of Chemotherapy Kills Cancer Patient
A Patient Died Due To Chemotherapy Drug Overdosed. Investigators are looking into the death of a cancer patient at a Peninsula hospital. San Mateo Medical Center says a 41-year-old man died after he received 10 times his prescribed dose of chemotherapy. The doctor has prescribed 50 units of a chemotherapy drug, but the patient got … [Read more...] about Overdose of Chemotherapy Kills Cancer Patient
Medical Error Kills Hopkins Cancer Patient
A Young Cancer Patient Recovering At Home From Medical Error. A young cancer patient recovering at home from a bone marrow transplant died two weeks ago after receiving an improperly mixed intravenous solution that apparently caused her heart to stop, Johns Hopkins Hospital officials said yesterday. Brianna Cohen was … [Read more...] about Medical Error Kills Hopkins Cancer Patient
