Mar 272007
A Rock Hill, South Carolina woman has settled in a $1.775 million lawsuit with Piedmont Medical Center, when doctors at the center administered the wrong drugs during a second heart bypass surgery. According to the medication error lawsuit, Lidocaine was mistakenly given to Herbert Cogan before surgery instead of Hespan.
Mr. Cogan died within minutes of receiving the wrong medication according to the lawsuit. The hospital had also been charged with a cover-up as Mr. Cogan’s original death certificate stated that he died of natural causes. Mr. Cogan’s body was later exhumed and the cause of death was stated as death due to cardiac arrest brought on by receiving incorrect medication.
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