The Henry County coroner has confirmed that a 5-year-old girl died in June after being given a lethal dose of an anesthetic at a McDonough urgent care clinic, according to Channel 2 Action News.
Kensley Kirby's parents took her to the Family Medical Clinic on Hampton Road in June after she broke her arm in a fall, according to investigative reporter Aaron Diamont.
“They went from picking the color of the cast with their daughter to basically being with her as she died,” Pete Law, the Kirby family’s attorney, told Diamont.
Law told Channel 2 that clinic workers gave Kensley too much anesthetic while trying to set her arm instead of sending her to an emergency room.
This week, the Henry County coroner confirmed that Kensley died from a lethal dose of a local anesthetic called lidocaine.
“They should have turned it over to someone able to handle this situation earlier,” Law said.
When Diamant went to the clinic looking for an explanation, he was turned away, he said. The clinic’s director told him she couldn’t talk about Kensley’s case due to privacy laws.
Diamant was told that the Georgia Composite Medical Board is investigating the case.
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