Elderly Patient Dies From Liquid Diet Mishap

[Mulboyne]

Yomiuri: Elderly man dies after liquid diet used in IV
An 87-year-old bedridden man suffering the aftereffects of a brain hemorrhage died after a serving of his liquid diet was mistakenly fed into a vein via an intravenous drip instead of a feeding tube into his stomach by an assistant nurse of a hospital in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, police said. The 45-year-old assistant nurse of Yukoukai General Hospital admitted the error, saying that she was too busy to realize her mistake. The police are investigating the case on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death. According to the hospital, the nurse mistakenly attached a 250-milliliter package of liquid meal to the man's intravenous drip tube at around 4 p.m. on Jan. 2. Another assistant nurse noticed the error about 30 minutes later, and a doctor undertook procedures to try to save the man's life, but the man died about 90 minutes later.

[Greji]

Yomiuri: Elderly man dies after liquid diet used in IV
An 87-year-old bedridden man suffering the aftereffects of a brain hemorrhage died after a serving of his liquid diet was mistakenly fed into a vein via an intravenous drip instead of a feeding tube into his stomach by an assistant nurse of a hospital in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, police said. The 45-year-old assistant nurse of Yukoukai General Hospital admitted the error, saying that she was too busy to realize her mistake. The police are investigating the case on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death. According to the hospital, the nurse mistakenly attached a 250-milliliter package of liquid meal to the man's intravenous drip tube at around 4 p.m. on Jan. 2. Another assistant nurse noticed the error about 30 minutes later, and a doctor undertook procedures to try to save the man's life, but the man died about 90 minutes later.

Quite sad. On the lighter side, I did try one of those liquid diets, but it didn't work....