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Nashville Hospital Error Paralyzes Patients After Wrong Drug Injection

Published 22 August 2026

A medication error at a Nashville hospital on August 14 resulted in four patients receiving a dangerous potassium compound instead of an anesthetic during routine joint replacement surgeries, leaving at least two paralyzed and prompting state investigations.

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