Nashville hospital medication error leaves at least 1 patient paralyzed after routine surgery, 3 others hurt
Four patients undergoing routine joint-replacement surgery at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown in Nashville were allegedly given the wrong medication by spinal injection. At least one woman was left paralysed, according to her family, raising serious concerns about medication safeguards and patient safety at the hospital.
The reported error affected four people, with three others also injured. The article identifies the hospital as Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown but provides no further details in the supplied text about the drug involved, the extent of the other patients’ injuries, or any official response.
- Four surgery patients allegedly received the wrong spinal medication.
- At least one patient was reportedly left paralysed.
- The incident raises concerns over hospital medication safety.