NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A woman told News 2 her mother-in-law was left paralyzed following a medical mistake during a routine knee surgery at a Nashville hospital, and she’s not the only one.
“The joint replacement went wonderful. Her knee is great. The rest of her is not,” Kristina Dorton said, adding that the situation is devastating given how active and fit her mother-in-law has always been.
News 2 received tips about patients receiving injections of the wrong type of medicine at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown, so we started digging. News 2’s Kendall Ashman reached out to patients, as well as the hospital, and she uncovered the extent of the medical mistake and the investigation it sparked…