Heparin
Heparin overdose of Quaid twins spurs $500,000 hospital settlement
A year and a half ago, the heparin overdose of actor Dennis Quaid’s twins was big news. The legal settlement just announced in the case isn’t as big of a news story to most media, but it’s also very significant.
The Associated Press reports that Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has offered a $500,000 settlement [...]
Quaid’s heparin ordeal underscores need for a heparin lawsuit
For Houston-born actor Dennis Quaid, star of Disney’s The Rookie, The Alamo and The Parent Trap, the pain of almost losing his twin children to a heparin overdose remains quite real. On today’s Oprah Winfrey Show, a tape revealed Quaid on an emotional visit to the Los Angeles hospital where the near-tragedy occurred, and he [...]
Heparin remains a lethal threat
Again, the blood thinner heparin is in the news – and it’s not good news.
Fourteen babies in a Corpus Christi hospital recently received an accidental heparin overdose. Two of the babies – twins — have died. Several have been discharged, while the others are being closely monitored.
This tragedy recalls the highly publicized event last November [...]
