An Oregon hospital is acknowledging that it administered the wrong medication to a patient, causing her death. Loretta Macpherson died Wednesday, two days after she was given a paralyzing agent typically used during surgeries instead of an anti-seizure medication, said Michel Boileau, chief clinical officer for St. Charles Health System. The error occurred at the organization's hospital in Bend. "Tragically, there was a medication error made," Boileau said. Macpherson, 65, stopped breathing and suffered cardiac arrest and brain damage after the drug was administered Monday in the hospital's emergency room, Boileau said. She had come into the ER with medication dosage questions after a recent brain surgery.
