Hospital chief apologises over spine drug blunder

A hospital chief executive has apologised over a teenager's death, after doctors mistakenly injected an anti-cancer drug into the patient's spine.

A hospital chief executive has apologised over a teenager's death, after doctors mistakenly injected an anti-cancer drug into the patient's spine.

Wayne Jowett, 18, was being treated for leukaemia at Nottingham's University Hospital.

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