Dennis Quaid Sues Over Twins' Near-Fatal Overdose
Posted on May 24, 2010 @ 04:33PM
Dennis Quaid is suing Baxter Healthcare over his twins' near-death experience.
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In the negligence suit filed and obtained by RadarOnline.com, Quaid fingered the the maker of the drug Heparin as the culprit behind the potentially lethal error in dosage given to his two-year-old kids, Zoe and Thomas.
COURT DOCUMENTS: Dennis Quaid Sues Over Twins' Near-Fatal Overdose
"On or about November 18, 2007, the newborns minors Zoe Grace and Thomas Boone were both hospitalized in, and under the medical care of Cedars-Sinai personnel in the pediatric unit in connection with a staph infection," the doucments say.
"In the course of treatment, it was necessary to flush the infants IV lines and "hep lock" was appropriately ordered for this.
"However, in error a vial of Heparin was selected and used inadvertently by hospital personnel and 10,000 units of Heparin instead of 10 were administered to the plaintiffs."
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Quaid and his wife, Kimberly, alleged that the Heparin vials produced by Baxter had confusing labeling and it was easy for medical personnel to confuse the two different doses.
He said the twins suffered life-threatening reactions, which, according to the file, "may be permanent in nature and are likely to cause serious complications in the future."
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Quaid argued Baxter should have known "the danger of inadvertent mix-up with the dire consequences that could follow, should have taken other steps to warn and to distinguish each of these drugs."
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The actor is seeking unspecified damages, medical expenses, general damages, attorney's fees and a jury trial.
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The Daily Juice
Didn't they already sue the hospital? Now they should go after Baxter as they are partly to blame.
Posted Tue, 05/25/2010 - 6:44am
Dennis is a homosexual.
We chuckle when we see fruits like Dennis with stinkfish(Lesbianism most foul!)
Are there nude photos of Dennis?
Discuss!
Posted Tue, 05/25/2010 - 4:16am
His wife looks like Sharon Stone and he looks like he got in a fight w/a bottle of hair dye and the dye won.
Posted Tue, 05/25/2010 - 12:20am
No, the makers of the drug are not at fault. The packaging has been essentially unchanged in the 35 years I was a nurse. The fault lies with the nurse giving the flush, but, behind the scenes, the fault is with management and short staffing nurses.
Posted Mon, 05/24/2010 - 9:53pm
I'm a nurse too and the higher strength dosage of heparin should not have even been on the unit! The pharmacy should not have even brought it up to the floor.
Posted Tue, 05/25/2010 - 4:27am
Good for them. They may have money but the twins could have health problems down the road, some insurance company will probably deny as a pre-existing condition. It is a wonder the kids are not gone. Protect your kids, Dennis.
Posted Mon, 05/24/2010 - 9:41pm
Where is my hair dye?
Posted Mon, 05/24/2010 - 9:35pm
Good for them. The packaging on the two doses is very, very similar. Though bottom line is it was still the responsibility of the nurses giving it to verify the correct doses.
Posted Mon, 05/24/2010 - 8:44pm