Prescription drugs resulting in 250,000 hospitalisations annually
Embargoed to 0001 Friday November 23 File photo dated 16/11/09 of a pharmacist at work. Source: Press Association
A new report has found 250,000 Australians are hospitalised every year because of adverse reactions to the drugs they have been prescribed to get better. It is a combination of medication errors, inappropriate use and misadventure. The findings have prompted calls for more prescription checks and balances. In English: Gareth Boreham; in Tamil: RaySel
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