Wrongful death lawsuit filed after medication error

A Massachussets medical facility is being sued in a medical malpractice lawsuit after admitting an error that led to the death of an elderly woman.

Geraldine Oswald, who was 76-years-old, died in November 2010 after a hospital staff member gave her an excessive dosage of blood-thinning medication. After the hospital admitted their erorr, the deceased patient's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

The dosage of the blood-thinning drug, known as Lepirudin, is believed to have been nearly 30 times larger than the dosage that was recommended. This medication error led to complications in the flow of her blood and led to internal bleeding.

The blood thinner was administered to the patient to prevent blood clots from developing; however, the dosage that the nurse administered had been miscalculated and no doctor was present to supervise as the medicine was administered, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit claims that the elderly patient suffered from internal bleeding as a result of the overdosage for 12 hours before her death. The hospital has admitted that the error could have been prevented.

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