‘Sheer luck’ saved patient after GP’s morphine mistake
He administered the drug during a cosmetic procedure because he'd run out of pethidine
This story has been updated, see footnote.
A GP has been suspended after admitting to giving a patient so much morphine that her lips cyanosed because he was “not sure” of the correct dose.
The western Sydney GP had a practice that included offering laser lipolysis, a cosmetic procedure to break down body fat with laser energy beams.
He would usually administer pethidine and diazepam to his patients prior to the procedure.
