Accidental injection at hospital kills 14-y-o
The 14-year-old girl who was said to have been mistakenly administered an injection at the Spanish Town Hospital last Tuesday has since died.
The girl who had been transferred from the said hospital died on Friday in the Intensive Care Unit of the Kingston Public Hospital.
An independent post-mortem is to be conducted tomorrow.
THE STAR understands that the child was taken to the Spanish Town Hospital by her mother to receive treatment for asthma when the mishap took place.
Further information reaching THE STAR suggests that the minor was examined by a doctor who ordered that an X-ray be done on her because she actually had a chest infection.
The doctor in question allegedly wrote instructions on a piece of paper and handed it to a nurse. It is alleged that the instructions were for an injection to be administered.
"A big syringe of yellow liquid was inserted in the drip of her arm. Shortly afterwards, she stood up and collapsed ... her tongue turned blue and her face became swollen. She never regained consciousness," a medical source told THE STAR while describing the incident.
However, in a prior interview with THE STAR, Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Lyttleton Shirley, commented that the claim of a perilous injection being administered to the patient was erroneous.
"There was a patient that was under medical treatment at the hospital who had undergone medical challenges in her treatment process," Shirley had told THE STAR.
He went on to say, "I'm not sure the panic came from our medical team ... There were concerns and these concerns have been explained to the family."
At the same time, Shirley chose not to elaborate fully into the matter because of the ethics which protect patient/doctor confidentiality.
The girl who had been transferred from the said hospital died on Friday in the Intensive Care Unit of the Kingston Public Hospital.
An independent post-mortem is to be conducted tomorrow.
THE STAR understands that the child was taken to the Spanish Town Hospital by her mother to receive treatment for asthma when the mishap took place.
Further information reaching THE STAR suggests that the minor was examined by a doctor who ordered that an X-ray be done on her because she actually had a chest infection.
The doctor in question allegedly wrote instructions on a piece of paper and handed it to a nurse. It is alleged that the instructions were for an injection to be administered.
"A big syringe of yellow liquid was inserted in the drip of her arm. Shortly afterwards, she stood up and collapsed ... her tongue turned blue and her face became swollen. She never regained consciousness," a medical source told THE STAR while describing the incident.
However, in a prior interview with THE STAR, Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Lyttleton Shirley, commented that the claim of a perilous injection being administered to the patient was erroneous.
"There was a patient that was under medical treatment at the hospital who had undergone medical challenges in her treatment process," Shirley had told THE STAR.
He went on to say, "I'm not sure the panic came from our medical team ... There were concerns and these concerns have been explained to the family."
At the same time, Shirley chose not to elaborate fully into the matter because of the ethics which protect patient/doctor confidentiality.
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