Cancer researcher dead after Indianapolis hospital gave him fentanyl rather than fluids

Internationally regarded as a brilliant researcher, David Boothman helped pioneer a promising approach to fighting cancer by turning diseased cells against themselves in a process he dubbed the Kiss of Death.

The work helped draw Boothman to Indiana in 2017 to serve as the inaugural Sid and Lois Eskenazi Chair in Cancer Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine and Associate Director of Translational Research at the Simon Cancer Center.

His hire was a significant coup for the school. But Boothman will never get the opportunity to see if his research translates into saving lives.

Boothman died after a nurse at the Sid and Lois Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis mistakenly administered a massive dose of fentanyl — a synthetic opioid nearly 100 time stronger than morphine — instead of a benign hydrating solution as he recovered from a stroke.

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