Medical Negligence
Pearson Legal
Full Credential Description
The client, who has asked to remain anonymous, sufferers from an acute bowel condition which causes persistent bouts of diarrhoea. He takes a prescription drug Loperamide to counteract the symptoms and prior to a recent holiday collected a prescription from the pharmacist. During his holiday the client suffered from constant diarrhoea and tiredness which he claimed ruined his holiday.
He then noticed then he had been mistakenly given the antihistamine drug Loratadine by the chemist. Dispensing mistake The tablets were selected in error during the dispensing process and this was subsequently not picked up by the pharmacist in the final checking process. The company admitted a breach of duty of care and made a £4,000 settlement.
Most errors are due to slips in attention that occur during routine prescribing, dispensing or drug administration. ” Miss Aldous added: “I have represented a number of clients who have been given the wrong medication and in many cases this has led to worrying side effects.
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Compensation settlement: £4,000
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