Malpractice allegations spotlight an anti-nausea medication

[Guest guest]

Many of us have discussed treating nausea with various drugs. While I don't

want to frighten anyone, this is not the only lawsuit regarding amputation

following the use of phenergan.

Penny

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> Story:

> Malpractice allegations spotlight an anti-nausea medication

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> A lawsuit filed by a 19-year-old Westport woman against Grays Harbor

> Community Hospital, three physicians and a drug manufacturer touches on

> the debates over malpractice liability limits, drug warning labels and

> emergency room medicine.

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> Jill Whitney, a Grays Harbor College freshman, says she went to the

> emergency room at the Aberdeen hospital on June 10 with flu-like symptoms.

> According to the suit, an anti-nausea medication called Phenergan was

> administered improperly and Whitney ended up losing a thumb, an index

> finger and the top of a middle finger.

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