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Officials Investigate Infants' Heparin OD at Texas Hospital

Texas authorities are investigating the death of two infants after a Corpus Christi hospital gave 17 babies in its neonatal unit an overdose of the blood-thinning drug heparin.

Christus Spohn Hospital South said it has yet to determine if the deaths of the children, who were twins, are related to a heparin overdose that left another infant in critical condition. Twelve other babies remain in stable condition after receiving a dose that may have been 100 times too strong, while two more babies have been released from the hospital.

Two pharmacy staff members voluntarily took leave pending an investigation, and the 17-year-old parents of the two children who died have hired an attorney.

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