Last January, a 3-month-old baby who was being treated for acute leukemia at Shizuoka Children's Hospital died 10 months after being given an anticancer drug that was supposed to be given intravenously to the wrong place. The hospital revealed that.
The hospital admits the mistake and apologizes to the bereaved family.
According to the Shizuoka Children's Hospital, which held a meeting on the 16th, an anti-neoplastic drug that was planned to be administered intravenously to a 3-month-old baby who had been admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit for the treatment of acute leukemia last January The drug was accidentally administered by a doctor to the "leukemia" that surrounds the spinal cord.
Immediately after he noticed the mistake and took steps to reduce the effect, but after that, the baby was unable to breathe on his own and died 10 months later in November last year.
According to the hospital, doctors plan to administer different types of anti-cancer drugs through the three routes of veins, medullary pith, and muscle, and mistakenly administer the anti-cancer drugs to the veins and medullary pith. ..
The medicine was instructed by the doctor and handed over by the nurse, but at that time, no confirmation was given.
The hospital acknowledged the mistake and apologized to the bereaved family, and continues to explain how he died.
Kisaburo Sakamoto, director of the Prefectural Children's Hospital, said, "I would like to express my sincere apologies, verify the facts, and create a foundation that will never cause this kind of thing again."