A Florida mother is suing University of Florida Health Shands Hospital after her 2-year-old son, De’Markus Page, died from what she claims was a preventable overdose caused by a doctor’s decimal point error.
According to the lawsuit filed in Alachua County Circuit Court, De’Markus died on March 18, 2024, two weeks after being placed on life support following a potassium overdose that led to a massive heart attack and severe brain injury.
The boy was first admitted to AdventHealth Ocala Hospital on March 1 with low potassium levels and later transferred to Shands Teaching Hospital in Gainesville for specialized care. There, staff found he weighed just 21 pounds and continued to show signs of low potassium…