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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

UPDATED: Patients Hospitalized After Receiving Wrong Solution During Dialysis

Seven patients were hospitalized, some reportedly in critical condition, after receiving the wrong solution during dialysis treatment at U.S. Renal Care in Town and Country.

UPDATED: 11:00 p.m. Tuesday- U.S. Renal Care confirms the incident happened Monday at their 13190 South Outer 40 Road location in Town and Country. The seven patients were hospitalized after recieving the wrong solution during dialysis, according to Tom Weinberg with U.S. Renal Care.  KMOV.com reports that three of the patients were initially in critical condition Monday. Weinberg stated in an email to Patch that several of the center's patients reported not feeling well during their dialysis treatments Monday so dialysis immediately stopped and patients were advised to go to the hospital. Weinberg said the center helped them make arrangements to do so. (Sign up here for the FREE Patch Newsletter, including Breaking News Alerts.) According…

Charyl

5:10 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Used to take my dog to The Cedars for resident visits. The place is "DIRTY."   more ›

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