Mount Carmel: 5 patients affected by excessive doses could have improved with treatment

COLUMBUS – Mount Carmel Health System announced Friday that it has identified an additional patient who has received an excessive dose of pain medication – now bringing the total number of patients affected to 35. The hospital also said it has identified five cases where the patients’ conditions may have improved with treatment.The hospital did not identify who those patients were but said: “We also have been investigating whether any of the affected patients received exc