Michelene Plass died in the Broward General Medical Center Emergency Department last April after being injected with 10 times the dose of Dilantin that the doctor ordered. To get that much, nurse Dionne Cooper had to round up 32 vials of the drug.
Ms. Cooper, who has been a nurse for nine years, and the ordering physician, Paul Rohart, were dismissed after the incident. Dr. Rohart has filed suit contending that his dismissal was unfair.
Broward County prosecutors have asked Fort Lauderdale police to begin a criminal review of the case, and the Joint Commission is examining Broward General's response to the death.
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