My question involves medical malpractice in the state of: NJ
How can a Hospital/Nurse not be held accountable for giving a patient an overdose of medication? The patient received the ENTIRE bag in minutes instead of a drip over hours! The drug was Argatroban a blood thinner(rat poison). I am being told that since the patient entered the hospital sick(I thought we all went to the hospital sick?) that it would be hard to prove it was the overdose that killed him! If the patient was that sick, wouldn't it give the hospital/care takers more of a responsibility NOT to do something like this? It seems to me that if you present yourself to a hospital with any condition, they can do whatever they want to you and blame it on the condition?? Just doesn't seem right or fair?

