Suit: Pharmacy officer knew but didn’t stop excessive dosing

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new wrongful-death lawsuit alleges that an Ohio hospital’s chief pharmacy officer knew about employees prescribing, approving and administering excessive painkiller doses but didn’t stop it from recurring. The lawsuit Thursday over the Nov. 20 death of 82-year-old Melissa Penix (PEHN’-ihx) names defendants including the Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System, chief […]