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BMJ 2002; 324 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1054 (Published 04 May 2002) Cite this as: BMJ 2002;324:1054Doctors arrested on suspicion of manslaughter: Two doctors who mistakenly injected the cytotoxic drug vincristine into the spine instead of a vein of Wayne Jowett, at Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. The coroner, who recorded a verdict of accidental death on Mr Jowett, aged 18, was told that 14 patients had died or been left …
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