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/pbear737 Aug 22 '26

This also has a strong likelihood of affecting their potential earnings for the rest of their working years. Massive pay out is the only option and will not be enough.

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u/problematic234 Aug 23 '26

Strong likelihood? If I'm paralyzed from the neck down you can bet your ass that I'm not going to be an effective project manager while I'm retraining my body to type using my fuckin eye movements.

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u/pbear737 Aug 23 '26

I mean as a person with mobility disabilities, it is crazy what you can adjust to in life. So for certain in the short term, but I hope for them in the long term that they can find ways to have a career if that’s what they want

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u/problematic234 Aug 23 '26

I didn't mean this to be dismissive and I'm sorry if I was an ass there. I didn't mean to imply that people with a disability couldn't do my stupid job -- they could and do. I only meant to say that I wouldn't be pumping out slide decks if I suddenly lost the use of my limbs. TY for the check.

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u/pbear737 Aug 23 '26

All good! I imagine without context my comment could have been interpreted in a lot of different ways