Patient , native of SA died after being given the wrong medication.
Son was English speaking informed the nurses that his mother had had a bad reaction to the drug in America.
The pharmacist ( native) of SA Dispensed the medicine dispite it been highlighted by the computer as an allergy. Pharmacist overrode the warning and dispensed.
The prescribing doctor(native) was informed of the allergy alert by the nurses( foreign). Refused to change the prescription for alternative medicine. Doctor told the nurses that if they don’t give the drug he will make them loose their job .
So the nurses escalated to manager who was threatened with job lose . The drug was given and the patient died after 4 minutes.
The case went to the Hospital management and the nurses (4)had to pay compensation for their actions to the family .
