Saline Incident at Stepping Hill Hospital
Insurance, Picture Gallery Monday, June 18th, 2012
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — (Marketwire) — 06/18/12 — InvestigationIn July 2011 an investigation began at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport following a number of patients on the same ward experiencing low blood sugar levels. The investigation suggested that a number of saline ampoules and saline drips had been contaminated with insulin and this was believed to have lowered the blood sugar levels in the patients.Insulin is often used as a treatment for diabetics but for people without an insul