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Four patients suffered severe complications—including paralysis—after receiving the wrong drug during surgery at Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown, exposing catastrophic failures in pharmacy safety. Technicians bypassed critical safeguards without pharmacist oversight, staff were inadequately trained, and high-alert meds like potassium weren’t properly labeled or separated. A veteran medical malpractice attorney called it “a perfect storm,” saying the hospital had been “getting lucky” for years. The facility passed a state inspection just months prior, raising alarms about how safety collapsed so quickly. Now under “immediate jeopardy,” the hospital failed to present a credible recovery plan, while nearby hospitals avoid similar risks by using pre-packaged vials from manufacturers.

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