Vic: 86-year-old died after given wrong drug; coroner

AAP General News (Australia)
04-23-2004
Vic: 86-year-old died after given wrong drug; coroner

A Victorian coroner has found that an 86-year-old woman died after a senior nurse at
her aged care centre gave her the wrong drug.

FREDA MARY CAMERON died in November 2000, nearly six weeks after she was given a diabetic
drug that caused her blood sugar level to plunge to a fatal level.

Coroner HEATHER SPOONER has found it's likely that registered nurse DANIELLE WRIGHT
mistakenly gave Mrs CAMERON diabetic medication at the Villa Maria Aged Care Centre in
Berwick.

A check of the pharmacy at the aged care facility revealed a card for another resident
who suffered from diabetes with Mrs CAMERON's chart.

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KEYWORD: CAMERON (MELBOURNE)

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