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A dangerous medication mix-up lands a patient in the hospital, and Martin wants answers. When he questions the health aide responsible for administering the pills, he discovers an unexpected problem: the worker is colorblind and may have been confusing medications based on their appearance.

On Best Medicine, Martin's sharp medical instincts and direct approach often put him at odds with the people around him. This troubling case highlights how a seemingly simple mistake can have serious consequences when patients depend on others to manage their medications safely.

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00:00Tim, we have a medical situation, and I need some answers, okay?
00:03Okay.
00:04What prescriptions do you pick up for Mrs. Ruth?
00:07Lithium.
00:07And you also manage other people's medications, too?
00:10A couple dozen.
00:11And how do you keep them organized?
00:13Pillboxes.
00:14Tim, are you able to use more than two words at a time?
00:16Yeah, sure.
00:19Sometimes.
00:21I see these pillboxes are identical.
00:24You ever make any errors or mistakes?
00:25No.
00:26Listen, Mrs. Ruth's in a hospital.
00:28Okay, Fred and Mary Lou have new symptoms.
00:31If you made a mistake sorting pills, this is the moment to tell me.
00:35Maybe.
00:35Tim, this is a terrible day to waste my time.
00:38Now spit it out.
00:40Drop some.
00:41When?
00:41A few weeks ago.
00:42Okay, what happened?
00:45Don't you dare eat that fry.
00:46What happened?
00:47Tell me in as many words as you can.
00:50I dropped the tray, but I picked it up.
00:52Checked online for the color of each pill and resorted.
00:55Wait, you resorted the pills by color?
00:57Show me Mrs. Ruth's lithium.
01:05Take your time.
01:13What color is this?
01:14Green.
01:21What color are these?
01:22Red, maybe pink?
01:24They're green.
01:24You're colorblind.
01:26For real?
01:26Yes, for real.
01:27You drop the pills and then mix them up because you're colorblind.
01:30Now your clothing choices at least make sense.
01:33But I love yellow.
01:34Okay, so based on their symptoms, Mary Lou took Fred's anti-nausea medicine causing lactation.
01:44And Ruth, she took Mary Lou's arthritis steroids causing pancreatitis.
01:51And Fred took Ruth's lithium.
01:56But Fred has kidney disease and lithium could build up in a system and kill him.
02:00Am I in trouble?
02:01You're not going to jail, but you did poison three people.
02:04Now I have to be able to make sure Fred's okay before I go.
02:06I'm sorry.
02:08Wait, what color is my hair?

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