For the second time in four months, DeKalb Medical Center faces a federal deadline for approval of a plan of correction after a patient care problem.
The latest case involved a nursing home patient who was admitted to the Decatur hospital in October. The patient, whose chief complaint was rectal bleeding, was given a dosage of medication that was much higher than the maximum recommended limit for the drug, federal officials said.
The medicine administered, a calcium channel blocker, is used to treat high blood pressure and a type of chest pain called angina.
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