Close call

ly undergoing IVF treatment may have had a baby using the man’s sperm. The group has opted to go public with the story in order to avoid such mistakes happening again. “It’s obvious that what happened cannot be sorted out, but perhaps if everyone hears about it, it won’t happen again,” a spokesman said.

A 10-YEAR-OLD child ended up in intensive care after a hospital accidentally administered him a dose of the tranquiliser ketamine that was meant for an adult weighing 130 kilos. The incident happened after the boy was taken to the Universitario Hospital in Torrejon de Ardoz with a broken arm. Twenty minutes after he had been attended to by doctors, he was found in a strange position and was making odd noises. Checks revealed that he had a blood saturation level of 40%, when a normal level is between 95 and 100%, and that he was having problems breathing. It was then that the medical team realised that he had been given a large dose of ketamine in preparation for surgery. A dose of 250 milligrams was prepared instead of 50 milligrams. Fortunately, the full dose was not given to the patient.