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Still, all hospitals double-check the dosage of chemotherapy drugs that are given to a patient--and Dana-Farber is no exception. According to Gina Vild, a hospital spokeswoman, once the physician has written the order, Dana-Farber's rules require two pharmacists to verify it. "Pharmacist 1 is supposed to check it and, yes, is supposed to make the calculations himself," she told TIME. He then "gives it to Pharmacist 2, who looks at it and checks it" before sending the drug to the patient's room. When the order for Lehman came through, neither pharmacist caught the mistake...
...Vild said that $132,000 can cover, with money to spare, the entire cost of a bone marrow transplant...
...This comes from revenues that we count on year in and year out, knowing that Evening With Champions is a favorite in the New England region," Vild says...
...Vild tried to define what the lost money means not just to the center but to the kids...
Such transplants are used for blood diseases such as leukemia and as treatment for solid tumors--and are, Vild said, life-saving...