Chemotherapy patient died after getting wrong medication, state finds
2nd Nov 2005, 20:09 GMT
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A chemotherapy patient died after his doctor mistakenly administered medication intended for another patient, state investigators found. Christopher Robin Wibeto, 21, died three days after a cancer-fighting drug called vincristine was improperly injected into his spine in August, the state Department of Health Services said Tuesday.
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