Dennis Quaide Twins Hoispitalized

Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly's twins are in the hospital due to an overdose of medication administered by a nurse.

That baby's were given Heparin (a blood thinning agent) to keep their IV catheters from clotting. They were meant to have the IV's flushed with vials containing 10 units per millimetre but instead their IV's were administered vials containing 10,000 units per millimetre.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center statement:

"I want to extend my deepest apologies to the families who were affected by this situation, and we will continue to work with them on any concerns or questions they may have," said Dr. Michael L. Langberg, chief medical officer at Cedars.

He added: "This was a preventable error, involving a failure to follow our standard policies and procedures, and there is no excuse for that to occur at Cedars-Sinai. Although it appears at this point that there was no harm to any patient, we take this situation very seriously."


The babies were given another drug to reverse the effects of the blood thinning Heparin. They are currently in stable condition.

I smell a lawsuit.


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