Tragedy at Dario Contreras

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Family members of a deceased child are still trying to cope with the loss after it was determined that nurses at the Dario Contreras hospital gave him the wrong injections. Two other children were also given the wrong medication. One is currently in intensive care while the other is in stable condition. The events occurred on Monday and an investigation has led to the suspension of the hospital's pharmacy staff. Listin Diario reports that the three children were given potassium chloride instead of distilled water and that the mistake originated at the pharmacy, after attendants failed to read the label of the medicine they were dispensing. Listin reports that the deceased child was at the hospital with a cast on his leg. Hospital director Hector Quezada Maceo said that the mistake was understandable considering that the labels of the two medicines are practically the same.

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