Elderly Woman Receives Compensation for Wrong Prescription
Posted on Aug 11, 2010 8:25pm PDT
A woman has received compensation after she was given the incorrect prescription by a pharmacist and was then informed that the medicine could have been life-threatening. Margaret Kelly was given powerful heart drugs when she was supposed to receive a steroid to help with a chest infection. The woman had started to take the medication, but soon received a call from the pharmacist informing her of the mistake. The woman has recovered from the matter.
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