By Julie Sevrens Lyons
Fri, Nov. 04, 2005 – Mercury News
Christopher Wibeto wasn’t the only South Bay Kaiser patient to die this year after receiving the wrong medication.
In July, a 12-year-old girl hospitalized at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center-Santa Clara was mistakenly given a double dose of epinephrine, which speeds up the heart rate, state records show.
Josephine Frances Hart, a San Jose resident who loved to play with marbles, died July 26, the same day of the error. Her official cause of death is still being investigated by the county coroner’s office, but state health investigators determined that a nurse failed to check the medication label.
“The death of this young girl is tragic, and we’re holding the hospital responsible,” said Lea Brooks, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Health Services.
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