When doctors don\u2019t pay attention to what dose they prescribe for a drug, brain damage may happen.<\/p>\n
This case is another that could have easily been prevented. It\u2019s another situation where a patient was given an accidental overdose of morphine. If the doctor had been paying attention to what he was doing, this victim would not have suffered brain damage. The case happened just recently in Baltimore. A 57-year-old woman had foot surgery to repair a tendon. After the operation, she went to a nursing facility for recovery.<\/p>\n
Less than six hours after surgery, the podiatrist who did the surgery ordered 50 mg of morphine when she should have ordered 50 mg of Demerol for the woman\u2019s pain. The error wasn\u2019t discovered until the next day and by then the woman had suffered brain damage. The case went to verdict and the jury awarded $2 million for pain and suffering and $1.1 million (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When doctors don\u2019t pay attention to what dose they prescribe for a drug, brain damage may happen. This case is another that could have easily been prevented. It\u2019s another situation where a patient was given an accidental overdose of morphine.…<\/span><\/p>\n