PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon woman was briefly jailed when bad handwriting helped cause a mixup over a prescription she was trying to fill for a teenage nephew suffering from an infected tooth.
The Oregonian reported that Catherine Hoagland of Portland was jailed for several hours earlier this week when police were called because a pharmacist believed the prescription for painkillers was faked.
Officials at Providence Portland Medical Center, where Hoagland's 19-year-old nephew was treated, say the signature of the nurse practitioner was not legible, she mixed up a federal registration number for narcotics, and the prescription was not immediately logged into the patient's record.
Hospital officials apologized, and said they would pay for the nephew's dental care and help Hoagland get the record of her arrest expunged.
