Fatal intrathecal drug error

July 10, 2008

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The Times of India reports that a 37-year-old engineer died on Wednesday morning, allegedly because of intravenous chemotherapy mistakenly given via the intrathecal route. 

The Times of India writes “On June 18, an anaesthetist — in the absence of a doctor — pushed a chemotherapy injection into Kuntal Chowdhury’s spinal cord. The injection was supposed to be an intravenous one. Paralysis set in soon and Kuntal slowly slipped away”.

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Written by Andrew Jackson · Filed Under All, News 

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