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Dennis Quaid is speaking out about the drug overdose accident that almost killed his two twins. Quaid is claiming that the hospital misled him, telling him over the phone that his kids were “fine” instead of relaying the seriousness of the situation.

But about two hours before that call, nurses had noticed his daughter oozing blood from an intravenous site on her arm and a spot on her heel, state records show. The Quaids said no one notified them, and they feel betrayed and misled.

“Our kids could have been dying, and we wouldn’t have been able to come down to the hospital to say goodbye,” Quaid told the newspaper.

Hospital spokesman Richard Elbaum declined to address most of the Quaids’ allegations directly.

I’m surprised he’s only suing for 50k, it seems that he has a real case here, although the hospital made a grievous error and he’s not suing them for some reason.

What a horrible ordeal, after twins were born in early Noveber and shortly after obtained a staff infection. They were then given lethal amounts of a blood thinner called heparin. This same mistake has taken several newborn lives across the country. Dennis and his wife Kimberly have hardly been able to hold their babies, I don’t blame them for suing. This is a monumental screw up.

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Dennis Quaid and his wife sued the makers of heparin Tuesday after their newborn twins were inadvertently given massive doses of the blood thinner at a hospital.

The product liability lawsuit, filed in Chicago, seeks more than $50,000 in damages.

It claims that Baxter Healthcare Corp., based in Deerfield, Illinois, was negligent in packaging different doses of the product in similar vials with blue backgrounds.

The lawsuit also says the company should have recalled the large-dosage vials after overdoses killed three children at an Indianapolis hospital last year.