2-year-old boy named De’Markus Page died after a Florida hospital accidentally gave him 10x the correct medicine dose. Doctors say a decimal point was missed 1.5 mmol was supposed to be prescribed, but 15 mmol was entered.
His potassium levels spiked dangerously, leading to cardiac arrest but more tragedy unfolded: staff allegedly failed to act quickly, and he went without oxygen for ~20 minutes, causing catastrophic brain damage.
He spent two weeks on life support before being taken off, and on March 18, 2024, his family lost him.
His mother, Dominique Page, says she still doesn’t know exactly what happened:
“When I asked, it was always a vague, ‘I do not know. I do not know.’ I still have nightmares.”
Now she’s suing UF Health Shands and several doctors, pharmacists and hospital staff over what she calls “gross negligence.”
This is more than a tragic mistake, it’s a chilling reminder that medical errors do happen, even over something as small (and fatal) as a missing decimal point.
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