Wow. Right after it was revealed that an accidental overdose resulted in the death of an eight month old infant, we get a statement from the Medical Director at Seattle Children’s Hospital that more mistakes have been made recently.
According to the statement, a very sick infant being transported to Children’s from Evergreen was administered drugs without consent from a physician. The infant later died. The statement stresses that the infant may have died independently of the drugs and that the incident is being investigated.
The statement also mentioned that an adult was administered the proper drug but in an improper way. The patient recovered after further care.
The hospital is obviously providing a great deal of information to the public about any mistakes they are aware of. The website for Seattle Children’s has a link directly to the statement on the homepage.
The Washington State Department of Health is investigating one of the incidents now. Hopefully the added scrutiny will improve the policies and procedures at the hospital.
There will no doubt be an onslaught of medical malpractice claims as a result of the severity and frequency of these errors. We can probably expect to hear about a lot more errors now that people will be looking for them.
