Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins are two of thirteen patients who were given an overdose of the blood thinner Heparin at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

The babies, born by a surrogate, were given one thousand times the dosage they should have received.

After being given two doses on Sunday, the babies began to bleed out. They were then given Protamine, which reverses the effects of Heparin, and are currently in stable condition.

According to TMZ, the incident occurred because “a technician stored the Heparin in the wrong place, and when a nurse grabbed the medicine for the babies without looking — it was the wrong dosage.”






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