Overview
- Dominique Page filed a wrongful-death complaint in Alachua County against UF Health Shands and staff, seeking at least $50,000 and alleging gross negligence.
- The filing alleges a physician deleted a decimal point, changing a 1.5 mmol oral potassium phosphate order to 15 mmol twice daily, resulting in a tenfold overdose.
- The complaint says pharmacy systems issued a red-flag warning about the excessive dose that was not heeded and that no supervising clinicians canceled the order.
- According to the suit, the child received two doses, then suffered hyperkalemic cardiac arrest that went unrecognized for about 20 minutes, with 2–3 failed intubation attempts before return of circulation and catastrophic anoxic brain injury; he died after life support was withdrawn on March 18, 2024.
- UF Health declined to comment citing patient privacy rules, and the physician named in the suit did not immediately respond to requests; the case is at the complaint stage with no admission of liability reported.