2-year-old dies in hospital after staff allegedly deleted ‘critical decimal point’

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WKRC) – A 2-year-old was allegedly unintentionally killed by doctors at a hospital after a “critical decimal point” was deleted, leading to the child receiving 10 times as much medicine as intended.

According to a lawsuit filed by the child’s family, 2-year-old De’Markus Page was brought to UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, a teaching hospital for the University of Florida, in March of 2024 for a virus.

A legal complaint obtained by Law&Crime described the child as active but with minor speech and developmental issues and was “suspected of having some level of autism.”…

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