Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins in intensive care after drug mix-up

Dennis Quaid and wife Kimberly Dennis Quaid’s newborn baby twins have been admitted to a neo-natal intensive care unit after being given an accidental drug over dose.

Dennis and wife Kimberly welcomed their son Thomas Boone and daughter Zoe Grace into the world on 8th November and the babies were said to be doing well until they were accidentally given an overdose of anti-coagulant Heparin. The infants should have recieved a dose of weak Heparin, with the strength of 10 units to the millilitre but instead were given a more concentrated solution containing 10,000 units to the millilitre, causing them to start “bleeding out” on Sunday night.

A spokesperson for Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre has said there is “no excuse” for the error to have occurred, that it was “preventable” and resulted from “a failure to follow our standard policies and procedures.”

At least one other baby is believed to have been involved in the incident but the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer Michael L Langberg has said that all the children are now stable after giving them protamine sulfate to counter the effects of the Heparin.

A spokesperson for the Quaids confirmed the news yesterday and added: “Dennis and Kimberly appreciate everyone’s thoughts and prayers and hope they can maintain their privacy during this difficult time.”

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My heart goes out to Dennis Quaid and his family. And to Kanye West and his family. These are two unfortunate examples of why it is so important to end the Cancer of private for profit health care delivery in America. HR 676 Single Payer Universal Health Care (Medicare For All) is The Way to go. Like all other developed countries did years ago. See sickocure.org

You see, It’s not just about the 47 million Americans that have no insurance. Or the 89 million who went without insurance part of the time from 2006-2007. It’s about everyone. Private for profit health care delivery is not only highly immoral, and unethical. It is just down right dangerous, and bad medicine. That injures, and kills millions of Americans needlessly. Disgracefully. Shamefully.

These injuries, and deaths should not have happened. We only heard about them because it happened to celebrities. But these tragedies are happening to thousands of Americans every day in this country. But you don’t hear about it. These thousands of needless deaths, and injuries of your loved ones are covered up. Under so-called patient confidentiality. Which is just health care industry speak for “don’t tell anybody we injured, or killed another one”.

See, no one is immune from the Cancer of private for profit health care delivery. Mr. Quaid’s children were being cared for at a very renowned hospital. And I am sure Mr. Quaid probably has excellent insurance. And can afford the finest medical care available. But as it turned out. None of that mattered. Hospitals have always been potentially very dangerous places. But under the pressures of greed, and a rush to profit. All US hospitals have become extremely dangerous, deadly places. Like they were in the 18th century. When hospitals were primarily the place you went to DIE!

I don’t know exactly how this tragedy to Mr. Quaid’s babies happened. But I imagine it was the same scenario that plays out thousands of times every day across America. Driven by greed, and the profit motive hospitals cut corners as much as they can get away with. This means staff that is over worked. And under staffed. It means hiring the least experienced, and cheapest hospital staff you can get. And pushing out the more experienced safer higher paid staff.

They say the pharmacist stocked the wrong meds. And that the hospitals were warned about this problem months ago. After many other perfectly healthy new born babies were killed by this mistake. I wonder how many thousands of perfectly healthy babies were killed this way across America. And how many thousands are still being killed this way across America.

It should not have mattered what concentration of heparin the pharmacist stocked the medicine cabinets with. Because every one who administers drugs is supposed to have been taught to follow the (7 R’s).

a. Right drug,

b. Right patient,

c. Right dose,

d. Right time,

e. Right route,

f. Right reason,

g. Right documentation,

This is just basic practice. A experienced person will check additional things. Before giving a patient a potentially deadly drug.

In anticipation of coming changes in our health care system. Thousands of patients are being killed at a fevered pitch. And millions injured, and poisoned with unnecessary medications, medical procedures, and surgery’s. In an orgy of greed, and profiteering a head of proposed changes to our current disgraceful health care system.

HR. 676 Single Payer Universal National Health Care For All (Medicare For All) can fix this disgrace. Until then, I advise you to be careful of taking any recommended medical care at this time without doing your home work. And getting a good independent 2nd, or 3rd opinion. Especially if you have so-called good insurance coverage.

And If you have to receive medical care in, or out of a hospital. Try to have a knowledgeable family member or friend to keep an eye on what they are doing to you.

Good Luck…

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