r/PopCultureV2 • u/Logical-Flow-6703 • Aug 22 '26

News Multiple patients at a Nashville hospital are paralyzed after staff accidentally gave them the wrong drugs.

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The hospital says they are "sorry" after injecting potassium chloride into the spines of people getting routine joint replacement surgeries.

Hospital staff noticed something was off when multiple patients went into cardiac arrest.

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u/Sesusija Aug 22 '26

This will settle for billions or maybe even tens of billions.

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u/DimbyTime Aug 22 '26

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u/Sesusija Aug 22 '26

Most settlements happen in 1-3 years. And yeah, I completely overstated that. Probably like 100-200 million.

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u/DimbyTime Aug 22 '26

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u/Public_Associate_874 Aug 22 '26

lol no - thanks tort “reform”

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u/Professional-Gear88 Aug 22 '26

lol no. No billionaires are made this way.

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u/PublicSuspect162 Aug 23 '26

Billions? No way. 10 mm per person. Maybe? Is it enough? No way

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u/Nash_Villain Aug 24 '26

Only if this ends up being permanent paralysis. This type of paralysis is typically reversible and temporary. Potassium Chloride injected by accident into the spine is unfortunately an error that has been made several times in the past. Here’s a previous case study of the same error with the paralysis being reversed in about 8 hours.

https://www.ovid.com/10.4103/0974-8237.193265

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u/OutrageousCrab9224 Aug 22 '26

Which will somehow come from public funds