GP banned over patient’s death following neck injection
A second patient was left with severe, persisting pain after the doctor injected cortisone into his lumbar region, said the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
A GP has been banned for five years after a patient died and another was left with severe persisting pain after he injected a cortisone and local anaesthetic mix into their spines to treat neck and back pain.
The female patient died of respiratory failure after the GP administered three injections of Depo-Medrol (40 mg x 3) diluted into 6 mml of lignocaine into her cervical spine region in July 2018.
The injections were not guided by imaging.
It was later discovered that medication had entered the thecal sac leading to a high spinal block, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard.
