Mr Ng Chun Kiat, son of KKH medication error victim Madam Ng L.K lambasted the two pharmacists responsible for the mistake as being “idiots” on his blog, started a few days ago to create “public awareness” for the incident!
Mr Ng took issue with the fact that the two pharmacists had yet to aplogize to his mother in person:
“To date, not a single one of the two idiots has personally apologize to my mum. En-route to hospital with my dad, I was told that the culprits, however, did visit Mdm Ng Poh Hung(the other victim) and apologize for the blunder. Two cases of overdosage (drug that was supposed to be administered over 3-4 days was induced within 3-4 hours), two different type of drugs (Mdm Ng’s drug was much more potent, as explained)”, he wrote.
Mrs Ng was given an overdose of the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin over a few hours instead of days. The pharmacists had used the wrong infusion pump to deliver the toxic medicine.
Upon discovery of the error by the family, the pharmacist told them that Mrs Ng’s drug was “not as potent” as Madam Poh’s and it was “OK” for her to go home.
It was only during the inquiry conducted 5 days later that Mr Ng was told by the hospital that pharmacists have no right to send patients home. The decision has to be made by a medical doctor.
Mr Ng was visibly peeved at the apparent cavalier attitude that the hospital staff had taken towards his mother:
“One thing I couldn’t stand is that over the past week, the words “serious” and “it’s ok” have been used loosely!!!
She told us it’s ok and that the side effects will be similar to undergoing the treatment over 3 days. I’m like “Hello, this is a negligence by the hospital, right? No way am I going to accept that a drug that was suppose to be taken over 3 days is the same as taking it over 3 hours!”
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http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/1...-pharmacists-responsible-for-error-as-idiots/
Mr Ng took issue with the fact that the two pharmacists had yet to aplogize to his mother in person:
“To date, not a single one of the two idiots has personally apologize to my mum. En-route to hospital with my dad, I was told that the culprits, however, did visit Mdm Ng Poh Hung(the other victim) and apologize for the blunder. Two cases of overdosage (drug that was supposed to be administered over 3-4 days was induced within 3-4 hours), two different type of drugs (Mdm Ng’s drug was much more potent, as explained)”, he wrote.
Mrs Ng was given an overdose of the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin over a few hours instead of days. The pharmacists had used the wrong infusion pump to deliver the toxic medicine.
Upon discovery of the error by the family, the pharmacist told them that Mrs Ng’s drug was “not as potent” as Madam Poh’s and it was “OK” for her to go home.
It was only during the inquiry conducted 5 days later that Mr Ng was told by the hospital that pharmacists have no right to send patients home. The decision has to be made by a medical doctor.
Mr Ng was visibly peeved at the apparent cavalier attitude that the hospital staff had taken towards his mother:
“One thing I couldn’t stand is that over the past week, the words “serious” and “it’s ok” have been used loosely!!!
She told us it’s ok and that the side effects will be similar to undergoing the treatment over 3 days. I’m like “Hello, this is a negligence by the hospital, right? No way am I going to accept that a drug that was suppose to be taken over 3 days is the same as taking it over 3 hours!”
Read rest of article here:
http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/1...-pharmacists-responsible-for-error-as-idiots/
