WRONG PERSCRIPTION LEAVES CHILD DEAD
Late Saturday morning, seven year old Tania Abondanzio was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital in Rock Hill, S.C. after she was given the wrong medication by a nurse. Hospital officials announced this news at a press conferences today, releasing the cause of death. Tania was a second grade student at Washington Elementary School in neighboring Fort Mill, planning to return to school on Monday.
Tania was admitted to the hospital on Friday to get her tonsills removed and was perscribed a pain reliver. The procedure went as planned and Tania was prescribed half a miolligram of morphine sulphate, a dosage that is not harmful to a child her age. Instead, as hospital records show, she was given half a milligram of hydromorphone, a much stronger pain reliever.
The patient was given the dosage at 2:30 p.m. on Friday and shortly after started developing severe respiratory problems, complained of being hot, and went into a seizure. She was taken to the intensive care ward after these events and slipped into a coma. Doctors pronounced her brain dead early Saturday morning and was taken off life support at 9:40 a.m.
After an investigation and autopsy, Police are treating Tania's case as accidental. The nurse under question has been suspended for the time being. During today's press conference, the hospital staff saif the two drugs were placed next to each other in a locked cabinet and the wrong bottle was taken. They released this statement also:
"Our sympathy goes out to the family, and we will stay close to them to provide support."
Both her parents and the alleged nurse were not available for comment.
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