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HAVE A WELL-TRAINED PHYSICIAN EXAMINE 10 patients a day, and without doubt good care will be provided. But increase that number to 50 patients a day, and see what happens. Even Michael Jordan's dexterity would wane if Jordan were called upon to play three games a night...
...left with a sense of dread. Although Jernberg felt fine, a sophisticated protein test indicated that he might have prostate cancer. A subsequent biopsy was inconclusive, but a second one disclosed that he indeed had the beginnings of a tumor. "Of course, we'll operate next week," the physician told him. Not so fast, Jernberg thought. He feared the possible side effects of prostate surgery, including incontinence and even impotence. After consulting another doctor, who explained that many prostate cancers grow extremely slowly, Jernberg decided not to have the operation. "Maybe I won't live for 20 more years...
...roommates and I spent the week figuring waysto get out of Mather. One of them thought abouthaving her mother, a physician, tell theadministration that my roommate needed to livesomewhere with a bathtub (curiously, there arenone in Mather) due to back problems. Talking tosomeone who knew someone was mentioned, andquickly discarded. We soon gave up and decidedwe'd make the best of our living arrangements.After all, we were getting good at that...
Still, all hospitals double-check the dosage of chemotherapy drugs that are given to a patient--and Dana-Farber is no exception. According to Gina Vild, a hospital spokeswoman, once the physician has written the order, Dana-Farber's rules require two pharmacists to verify it. "Pharmacist 1 is supposed to check it and, yes, is supposed to make the calculations himself," she told TIME. He then "gives it to Pharmacist 2, who looks at it and checks it" before sending the drug to the patient's room. When the order for Lehman came through, neither pharmacist caught the mistake...
Dana-Farber has acknowledged full responsibility for Lehman's death, as well as the permanent heart damage of another woman who managed to survive an identical fourfold overdose. In addition to ordering an exhaustive investigation, the hospital's top physician has mandated additional precautions against such egregious mistakes. Staff members have been reassigned, and the pharmacy's computer program has been modified so that drugs cannot be dispensed over preset limits...