Injection Mix Up At School Leads To Hospitalizations

Sixteen students from McKenzie Center for Innovation and Technology in Lawrence Township, Indiana were hospitalized after they mistakenly received injections of insulin. The students were supposed to be undergoing a screening test for tuberculosis, which involves being given an injection of a tiny amount of tuberculin underneath the skin, which can detect any signs of the infection within two to three days.

After receiving the injection, some of the students began to feel dizzy and lightheaded. Officials quickly realized that the medical personnel from Community Health Network had given students a small dosage of insulin by mistake.

The students were taken to a local hospital for observation and testing. Doctors explained that giving insulin to somebody who does not have diabetes could cause their blood sugar to drop abnormally low.

"The worst case would be people can get shaky, sweaty, they can pass out, they can have seizures. And sometimes, if it got really low, it could be serious," said President of Community Physician Network John Kunzer.

Kunzer said that the students were doing well and have been released from the hospital.

The students' parents were upset about the mix-up and are demanding to know how it happened.

"You have to know what you're doing," Lucille Knowles told Fox 59. "You've got people's lives in your hands. Because they could have died, my daughter could have died. So yes, I'm very angry."


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