Wednesday, November 21, 2007
World Class Hospital Overdoses Dennis Quaid's Twin Infants
'No excuse for Dennis Quaid twin overdose' | NEWS.com.au Entertainment:
November 22, 2007
"DENNIS Quaid's newborn twins remain fighting for their lives today after being given a drug overdose in hospital - a gaffe officials now admit is easily preventable. Quaid's children Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, who were born earlier this month, were accidentally given 10,000-unit doses of the anti-coagulant Heparin at LA's Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre - 1000 times the normal amount.
The hospital's medical chief Michael Langberg today admitted the error was 'preventable' and involved 'a failure to follow our standard policies and procedures'. 'There is no excuse for that to occur,' he said, adding the babies 'indicated no adverse effects from the higher concentration of Heparin or from the temporary abnormal clotting function. Doctors continue to monitor the patients.'
He has also apologised to Quaid and his wife Kimberley Buffington."
November 22, 2007
"DENNIS Quaid's newborn twins remain fighting for their lives today after being given a drug overdose in hospital - a gaffe officials now admit is easily preventable. Quaid's children Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, who were born earlier this month, were accidentally given 10,000-unit doses of the anti-coagulant Heparin at LA's Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre - 1000 times the normal amount.
The hospital's medical chief Michael Langberg today admitted the error was 'preventable' and involved 'a failure to follow our standard policies and procedures'. 'There is no excuse for that to occur,' he said, adding the babies 'indicated no adverse effects from the higher concentration of Heparin or from the temporary abnormal clotting function. Doctors continue to monitor the patients.'
He has also apologised to Quaid and his wife Kimberley Buffington."
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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