Vibra Hospital of Sacramento Hit With $75,000 Fine Over Medication Error Linked To Patient’s Death
According to the California Department of Public Health report, a nurse at the hospital gave the patient 3,000 to 8,000 times the prescribed dosage of blood pressure drug Levophed.
Sacramento Bee:
California Regulators Fine Folsom’s Vibra Hospital In Patient Death
The California Department of Public Health said Vibra Hospital of Sacramento gave the wrong dosage of medication to a patient, resulting in his death, and required the long-term acute-care facility to pay the maximum fine of $75,000. Public Health documents did not name either the patient or the employees involved. Neither the hospital’s chief executive, Kimberly Horton, nor a spokesperson for its parent company, Vibra Healthcare, returned calls for comment. (Anderson, 1/8)
In other news from across the state —
Medpage Today:
Trina Founder G. Ford Gilbert Pleads Guilty In Bribery Case
G. Ford Gilbert, founder of a chain of controversial diabetes treatment clinics, pleaded guilty in federal court to one charge of conspiring to commit bribery, according to the U.S. Attorney's office in Alabama. He had previously faced seven counts of federal health care fraud, bribery, and other charges in Alabama federal district court related to an alleged "pyramid scheme" with his network of diabetes insulin infusion clinics. The other six are to be dismissed as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. (Clark, 1/7)
Fresno Bee:
Two Corcoran Inmates Suspected Of Attempted Murder In Knife Attack On Guard
Two inmates are being investigated for attempted murder after a guard at Corcoran Substance Abuse Treatment Facility was stabbed with an inmate-made knife. The attack at the state prison happened about noon Sunday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Monday. (Griswold, 1/7)