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A British coroner said Wednesday a 4-month-old baby's death in a hospital from an overdose of salt was a "dreadful mistake."
Dr. Nigel Chapman said two nurses at Queen's Medical Center in Nottingham were involved in the error that killed Samuel McIntosh last year, the Nottingham Post reported. The baby was given 50 milliliters of salt instead of the prescribed 5 milliliters after tests determined his sodium level was low.
"There's no doubt that a dreadful mistake took place but drug errors are more common than we know," Chapman said. "In this case there were two people that made a drug error because of distraction by others."
A witness, Dr. Stephen Wardle, described Samuel's short and difficult life Tuesday, the BBC said. Samuel, premature and weighing only 1.28 pounds, was transferred to the medical center soon after his birth, and went through intravenous feeding and eye and intestinal surgery.
But he gained almost 5 pounds and was expected to live. The mistake occurred in July after he had a setback. Wardle said the cause of death was swelling of the brain.
UPI
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