Florida Toddler Dies After Doctor’s Decimal Point Error Leads to Fatal Overdose, Lawsuit Claims
A Florida mother is suing the University of Florida Health system after her 2-year-old son died from what she alleges was a devastating medical error — one that turned a lifesaving treatment into a fatal overdose…
A Florida mother is suing the University of Florida Health system after her 2-year-old son died from what she alleges was a devastating medical error — one that turned a lifesaving treatment into a fatal overdose.
According to the New York Post, a Lawsuit filed in Alachua County Circuit Court states that little De’Markus Page died on March 18, 2024, after being given 10 times the prescribed dose of potassium at UF Health Shands Teaching Hospital in Gainesville.
His mother, Dominique Page, accuses hospital staff and doctors of “gross negligence” that left her son suffering a horrific two-week decline before he was taken off life support.
The Lawsuit claims that on March 1, 2024, De’Markus was admitted to AdventHealth Ocala Hospital with a virus and dangerously low potassium levels.