Bone Marrow Mix-Up Led to Leukemia Patient’s ‘Horrific’ Death: Lawsuit

A leukemia patient was mistakenly given a bone marrow transplant from the wrong donor, after which the incorrect stem cells ravaged her body from within, causing her to die an “unimaginably horrific death.”

The tragic circumstance was caused by a simple—and totally avoidable—“labeling error,” according to a gut-wrenching lawsuit filed Tuesday in New York State Supreme Court.

Elizabeth Aloisio “received the full treatment without anyone cross-checking or testing the products to ensure she received the correct batch,” states the complaint, which names the German stem cell donor network AKB Stiftung Sktion Knochenmarkspende Bayern as the defendant.

Read more at The Daily Beast.