By Associated Press
Sat Oct 14, 3:06 PM

INDIANAPOLIS - A hospital that gave lethal doses of a drug to three premature babies has made another medication mistake, giving a new mother a painkiller 10 times faster than intended and making her temporarily unable to walk.

Amber Baise, 18, of Indianapolis, who received the painkiller during childbirth, has regained some movement in her legs as she recovers from what Methodist Hospital on Friday called a doctor's mistake.

"We remain hopeful that she will receive a full recovery. That is our hope. That is our commitment," said Bill Stephan, a spokesman for Clarian Health Partners, which operates Methodist and Indiana University's hospitals.

Baise entered Methodist on Oct. 8 to give birth to her first child and a doctor started her on an epidural. An improperly programmed pump gave her 10 hours worth of painkiller in just one hour.

Baise delivered a healthy girl.

The doctor who made the error works for an anesthesia practice that contracts with Methodist. The doctor has decades of experience and a good record, Stephan said. He did not release the doctor's name.

Baise's attorney, Nathaniel, said the physician's good record was irrelevant.

"There are certain mistakes that you can't make, that you shouldn't make, regardless of your education, regardless of your training, and this is the kind of mistake that you shouldn't make," Lee said.



dang!!!

funkpill said:

Outrageous! The guilty physician should either have a good night sleep before applying anesthesia or stay home.

Im glad she's regaining movement

thats a nursing job-leave the docs alone-take the witchhunt to the 2 reg.nurses who checked and okayed the dosage and then set it going.....lazy fucking media

jonylawson said:

Hospital admits it was the doc's fault.

kill im! sack im!
nah just kidding-poor bloke-poor girl-terrible accident.hope shes okay

fathermcmeekle said:

It has to be, legally. Most nurses can't prescribe medication.

Mistakes happen. Doctors aren't superheroes. I kind of wish that people would get that.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

I hear you. People, even doctors aren't perfect. It's just that when doctors make mistakes it can ruin or end peoples' lives.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Yes, exactly. Humans will always make mistakes.

Nothinbutjoy said:

It doesn't feel good from the perspective of the patient who has been wronged.

Nothinbutjoy said:

It happened to my father...and I will tell you...some doctors don't cover up mistakes...they bury them.

gyro34 said:

Didn't say that it did...In fact I said that the fact that they make mistakes can ruin or end peoples' lives.

OMG. WTF is an 18-year-old doing having babies? That's the crime here.

Nothinbutjoy said:

I know it wasn't you but HereToRockYourWorld. It's the reply page that omitted her/his comment.