45 minutes after the staff had discovered the error, the man had died. He was in the hospital for flue like symptoms and had suffered a heart attack and no CPR was 
offered and by the time the error was found, it was too late to even try. BD
Nurses at a hospital failed to resuscitate an 86-year-old man after it was mistakenly written in his medical records that he was not to be revived, it has emerged.
An inquest heard that nurses decided not to start CPR after Peter Clarke suffered a heart attack at the former Derby City General Hospital on January 4 last year.
His medical records stated he was not to be resuscitated but the note was "erroneously" made, the hearing heard.
It was not until up to an hour later the mistake was noticed and nurses started CPR. But it was too late and Mr Clarke died.
On Monday, Dr Robert Hunter, Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner, recorded a verdict that Mr Clarke died from natural causes at the city's coroners' court.
I am deeply hurt to learn about the death of the person due to medical errors. Medical mistakes have the potential to be quite dangerous. Medical errors or mistakes are considered a form of medical malpractice, since they have the potential to cause serious injury or even death. More than 1.3 million individuals suffer from pharmacy errors annually, and of this number, almost 100,000 of them die as a result. Not only do these mistakes oftentimes end in an injured party, they also can cost up to $72 billion per year. Obviously, these errors can be quite harmful to everyone involved. Such mistakes occur whenever a patient is given either the wrong medicine or is prescribed the incorrect dosage of their medication. It can also happen when there is a miscommunication when placing a prescription order, when the product is not labeled properly, if medications are improperly combined, or if either the pharmacist or doctor exhibits some form of negligence when placing or filling the order. For more information visit Clinical Negligence .
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