Safety First – A Trial on Error
by The Daily Eye Team August 18 2014, 9:39 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 29 secsErrors and mishaps in a hospital set-up that lead to harm, have dual effects; on patients as well as on the clinicians Richie Williams was young boy of 12. He was suffering from leukemia (blood cancer) and was undergoing treatment at the Great Ormand Street
Children’s Hospital which specialised in treating such patients. Richie used to receive anti-cancer medicines in a cyclical manner. He used to go to the hospital on a Pre-scheduled day to receive his dose of chemotherapy They used to give him a dose of injection Vincristine by intravenous route