A week after a devastating drug mix-up at Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown, late Friday afternoon, the hospital released a statement giving more details about exactly what went wrong and how the hospital is now addressing the situation.
NewsChannel 5 Investigates has been reporting on the mix-up and how it led to catastrophic complications for four patients who were supposed to undergo routine joint replacement surgeries.
In Friday’s statement, the hospital confirmed that the “medication error” happened in the hospital’s pharmacy and instead of receiving an injection of a common anesthetic in their spines, the four patients each received potassium phosphate and then as the hospital described it, “experienced adverse health reactions and received immediate medical care.”…