Associated Press
TOLEDO, Ohio — A sheriff in Ohio says an inmate was given two weeks’ worth of medication meant for another man with the same name.
An investigation is underway into how the mix-up happened at the Lucas County jail in Toledo.
The inmate’s sister tells The Blade newspaper in Toledo that he was given medications to treat psychological disorders in November.
She says he got six or seven medications three times a day instead of just his usual dose of extra-strength aspirin for headaches.
The woman says her brother began feeling suicidal and was hospitalized for two days. She says he’s better now.
Officials with the sheriff’s department say they can’t release many details. The medications are handed out by a jail nursing staff.