Ahad Ul Hassan and Hira Mansoor are ‘praying for a miracle’ after their son, Zohan, was wrongly administered an extreme high dose of paracetamol at the Royal Hospital for Children in Scotland
An eight-week-old baby has been left fighting for his life after he was overdosed by medics at a hospital. Ahad Ul Hassan, 26, and Hira Mansoor, 27, were sent into turmoil after their son, Zohan, was given an excessive amount of paracetamol at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow, Scotland.
The hospital has since issued an apology after the poor boy was given 200mg of paracetamol instead of the required 20mg. It comes after Zohan was admitted for hernia-repair surgery last week. The newborn was welcomed into the world via C-section on January 24. But at just six weeks, he displayed signs of a hernia which doctors first operated on at the beginning of March.
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But one week later, Zohan’s stomach began to swell and he was taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock where medics transferred him to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow.
Medics spotted another hernia on his right side and he was to undergo surgery on Tuesday, March 18. Ahad recalled the moment he received a call to “leave his work immediately” after his eight-week-old son was overdosed.
The Planning and Scheduling Engineer said: “I received a call from the hospital at 12.30 in the afternoon telling me to ‘leave work immediately’ and that they had overdosed my son on paracetamol.
“When I got there Zohan’s heart rate was sky-high, going over 200 beats per minute, he was trying to cry but his voice wouldn’t let him. They soon started taking blood samples and an antidote was given to stop the effects of poison.
The young family were then placed into a ward side room where Zohan was monitored, but it wasn’t long until he started to convulse, reports Glasgow Live.
After being told “it’s normal for newborns to jerk”, Ahad decided to film Zohan’s next fit on Wednesday, March 19, which when viewed, prompted urgency from medics.
Baby Zohan was transferred to the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), where he was ventilated and has been in a level of unconsciousness ever since.
Following the overdose, he now has a swelling on the brain with medics currently unable to predict the outcome – saying he may have irreversible brain damage and problems with his vision.
Ahad and wife Hira are “praying for a miracle” and have asked for their community’s support while their baby boy “fights for his life”. They are currently residing in nearby accommodation provided by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and have been by Zohan’s side every minute of every day.
An internal investigation has now been launched, with the young family being “supported” by NHSGGC. Dr Claire Harrow, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Deputy Medical Director for Acute Services, said: “We would like to sincerely apologise to the family of baby Zohan Ul Hassan.
“We are continuing to deliver the best possible care for Zohan and we continue to offer support to his family at this distressing time. We have launched a full investigation into this incident and his family will be fully informed of and involved in this process as it continues.”
