Nashville Hospital Medication Error Paralyzes Patient as ER Visits for Tick Bites Hit Decade High

Four patients went in for routine knee replacements at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown in Nashville and came out with devastating injuries — because a pharmacy error sent potassium phosphate into their spines instead of an anesthetic. At least one woman was left paralyzed. "The joint replacement went wonderful. Her knee is great. The rest of her is not," Kristina Dorton told WKRN-TV about her mother-in-law. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is now probing the incident...