Hospital orders probe into medication mix-up

The Attikon University General Hospital successful Athens said it has launched an probe aft two nurses administered the wrong medicine to a 22-year-old diligent who suffered a superior allergic reaction.

The incidental occurred astatine the hospital’s short-term hospitalization unit connected Sunday nighttime where the young woman was being treated for a mild illness. Kathimerini understands that the two nurses connected work allegedly gave the diligent an anti-fungal medicine intended for a antithetic patient.

The woman experienced a terrible allergic reaction, which was treated instantly by aesculapian staff, without the request for transfer to the ICU.

The patient’s begetter submitted a ailment to the section constabulary station, aft which the two nurses were temporarily arrested and charged with negligent bodily harm.

A forensic introspection was besides ordered to find the 22-year-old’s patient’s health.

The incidental is the 4th known mistake made successful a Greek infirmary this year. Earlier this month, a 28-year-old large woman died after suffering a fatal allergic absorption to an antibiotic astatine the Arta General Hospital. In September, three aesculapian staff members astatine a backstage infirmary were taken into custody aft administering a humor transfusion with the wrong humor type to a 67-year-old patient, while past June a akin transfusion mistake astatine Tzaneio Hospital successful Piraeus resulted successful the death of a 62-year-old woman.