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flag New Zealand pharmacist mistakenly gave Parkinson's patient wrong medication, causing dizziness.

flag A New Zealand supervising pharmacist was found to have violated a patient's rights by mistakenly providing Parkinson's disease medication intended for someone else. flag The error occurred when a faxed prescription, including pages for different medications, wasn't properly verified. flag The patient experienced dizziness and imbalance. flag The pharmacy has since retrained staff, updated procedures, and switched to ePrescriptions to prevent future errors.

5 months ago
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