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New Zealand Herald, Oct 16, 2008
Medical practitioners should never have given a man the doses of intravenous penicillin that lead to his death, a coroner has ruled. Gisborne rodeo identity Terry Parsons died 44 minutes after being treated for a skin infection at Gisborne Hospital in April this year. He suffered an anaphylactic reaction to penicillin, despite repeatedly telling medical staff of his allergy to the antibiotic drug. In his findings published yesterday, coroner Christopher Devonport said staff at Gisborne Hospital had not exercised enough caution when administering Flucloxacillin, after warnings of Mr Parsons' allergy were made by his general practitioner. Despite speaking to his GP, to Mr Parsons and his wife Judith about his allergies, the house surgeon on duty decided to proceed with the penicillin-based drug. Click here for rest of the story. |