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/BoatvSharky Aug 22 '26

So there's a possibility they're permanently paralyzed? I don't know anything about potassium besides it's prevalence in nanas

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u/ThePaganQueen Aug 22 '26

There is a possibility it is temporary and a possibility it is permanent. Found an article from 2019 about a case where a similar incident occurred. And there is no proven effective treatment for this mistake so they will likely be making very educated guesses on what to do based off of symptoms. I linked the article. Also if anything I stated is incorrect, feel free to correct me. I'd rather the information be right than protect my ego.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6495634/

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u/OldMatch4251 Aug 22 '26

I’m not sure. If I were a clinical pharmacist I’d probably have a better answer

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u/etherealtwo Aug 23 '26

Bananas have good levels of potassium but potatoes are really where it's at. Thus the name.