"On his first morning, a staff member handed him a clear plastic cup holding five or six ounces of clear liquid to go with about a dozen pills, and he drank it down with the medications, the lawsuit filed last week alleged. Sharp felt immediate burning in his mouth and throat, the lawsuit said. He alerted the staff that they had given him bleach' to drink, and that his mouth and esophagus were burning, the lawsuit claimed."
"Sharp, with the burning sensation spreading to his stomach, asked staff repeatedly to call 911, believing he'd been poisoned by the substance, identified in the lawsuit and a paramedics' report included with it as Dakin's Solution, which uses bleach as the active ingredient. The lawsuit accused the facility and its parent company PACS which across the U.S. owns more than 300 post-hospital care facilities including more than 20 in the Bay Area of gross recklessness, deception, and willful delay of medical care."
Steven Sharp, 55 and paralyzed from the waist down, was admitted to Diablo Valley Post Acute in April 2024 for six weeks of post-surgery rehabilitation. On his first morning a staff member handed him a clear plastic cup holding five or six ounces of clear liquid to take with about a dozen pills, and he drank it. He experienced immediate burning in his mouth, throat and stomach and told staff the liquid was bleach. Paramedics' report and the lawsuit identify the liquid as Dakin's Solution, a bleach-based wound cleanser. The lawsuit accuses the facility and parent company PACS of gross recklessness, deception, and willful delay of medical care and seeks unspecified damages for severe bodily injuries and emotional distress. The facility says it is investigating and emphasized a commitment to safe, compassionate care. The complaint cites parallels to a 2022 San Mateo poisoning incident that resulted in two deaths.
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