CNN's Dana Ford reported Wednesday April 3rd that nearly 1,200 cancer patients in 4 Canadian hospitals received weak doses of chemo therapy medication. This issue was discovered late last month when a physician tested the medicines strength to find that dosages were between 3-20 less than the expected or labeled dosage. There is no way of telling exactly how long patients have been receiving these low doses but there is an estimate that some have receiving the wrong dosage for up to a year. It is also very difficult to see what if any damage this may cause to patients health as they fight cancer. There are many questions as to how this could have happened. Apparently the hospital supplier, Marchese Hospital Solutions, mislabeled the drugs. Although the spokesperson says "Our preliminary investigation of this issue leads us to be confident that we have met the quality specifications of the contract we are honored to have been awarded." But in contrast the Ontario hospital have been mixing their own chemo medications and are no longer using Marchese Hospital Solutions as a suppliers.

I feel as though this a major social issue because innocent people who are suffering from a terminal illness are the victims of, in some ways, neglect. My question is how are you going to convince these people that there was  no harm done? How are you going to prevent a uprising of grieving families? What happens when lawsuits rise? These are factors that can lead to a social movement. Now that this has happened there will be questions in policies of the hospitals and the company. Investigations into procedures and protocol. I foresee repercussions for both the hospitals and the company. Families are going to have demands and when you drop a ball like that you are responsible for their answers.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/02/health/canada-patients-under-dosed/index.html?hpt=he_c2