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Six employees at a Bedford County school are doing "ok" after being injected with the wrong medication at a flu clinic.
The school nurse at New London Academy was giving teachers and staff their flu shots on Friday.
But instead of using the flu vaccine, the nurse accidentally injected six people with insulin.
Five were treated and released from Lynchburg General Hospital.
One decided not to seek medical treatment.
"Our employees are just fine," says Bedford County School Spokesman Ryan Edwards. "You would have to take a whole lot more insulin, which is a naturally occuring substance in the body. You'd have to take a whole lot more than they were given for it to be fatal," he says.
No students were involved in the mix-up
The nurse who gave the shots is scheduled to meet with Bedford County's superintendent.
School officials will not say whether any disciplinary action will be taken.
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