Wrong route injection death
Intravenous news: TheStandard.com.hk report “A drug wrongly injected into leukemia patient Lui Hau-lam’s spine bore a label stating that it could only be administered intravenously, the Coroner’s Court was told yesterday.
The 21-year-old patient died 22 days after oncology trainee Linda Leung injected the anti- cancer drug vincristine into her spine instead of her veins on June 15, 2007, at Prince of Wales Hospital.
Lei Ieng-kit, the doctor in charge of Lui’s treatment, told the inquest that the label on the vincristine syringe normally states the drug is for intravenous use only, which means it can only be injected into patients’ veins.
Lei testified that if vincristine is injected into a patient’s spine, it can cause serious damage to the central nervous system, and even death.
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