Quaid's babies 'could have died' in hospital drug blunder

A Los Angeles hospital put three children, including actor Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins, in danger by giving them overdoses of a blood thinner, California regulators said today.

Quaid's babies 'could have died' in hospital drug blunder

A Los Angeles hospital put three children, including actor Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins, in danger by giving them overdoses of a blood thinner, California regulators said today.

The California Department of Public Health said the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre gave the paediatric patients 1,000 times the intended dosage of heparin on November 18.

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