Associated Press, "Third Baby Dies From Heparin Drug Overdose in Indiana"
A third premature infant has died after being accidentally given an adult-sized dose of a blood thinner medication at a hospital last week. "We are all saddened by this news and our hearts are with this family, and all the families who have been affected," Methodist Hospital spokesman Jon Mills said in a news release Wednesday. The latest death came late Tuesday at Riley Hospital for Children where the infant was transferred after being born at Methodist. Two girls less than a week old died Saturday at Methodist's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit after being given adult doses of heparin, which is often used to prevent blood clots that could clog intravenous tubes. Three other babies were still being treated after being given too powerful a dose of the drug, which a pharmacy technician accidentally stored in the care unit's drug cabinet.