Medical Negligence
Pearson Legal
Full Credential Description
When our client was given medication meant for another patient by her local pharmacist it led to a wide range of worrying side effects and had an impact on her ability to run her own business. The client suffers from multiple sclerosis and takes a modifying medication Fingolimod to help cope with the disease. Prescription Error When she was given the wrong medication by the pharmacist she began to have nausea, dizziness, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, anxiety, insomnia and uterine cramps.
These symptoms persisted and she soon realised that there had been a mistake. On investigation, it turned out our client had been given a bag of medication meant for another patient. Quite rightly she sought immediate medical advice and was seen urgently at her local hospital.
Her medication was then corrected by her GP and she made sure she double checked what the pharmacist had prescribed. Medical Negligence Claim We managed to secure £1,500 in settlement of the medical negligence claim and this has helped somewhat to alleviate the financial losses suffered as a result of this dispensing error.
In all cases when you pick up a prescription from the chemist it is always advisable to not only make sure it has your name on it, but also that what’s in the bag matches the prescription you have been issued with, all too often mistakes are made by busy pharmacists and it safer to double check.
Measurable Results
Compensation settlement: £1,500
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