Irish boy overdosed because of a Hungarian pharmacist

An Irish boy was hospitalised because of a medication error when a pharmacist of Hungarian origin gave his mother ten times the dose of antibiotics prescribed by his doctor.

According to the Irish Mirror, a four-year-old Irish boy was hospitalised overnight after being given ten times the dose of antibiotics prescribed by his doctor.

After the incident, the child’s mother sued the pharmacy from which she bought the antibiotic. The Irish Pharmaceutical Society subsequently launched an investigation into the case.

Investigations revealed that the overdose was the result of an error by a pharmacist of Hungarian origin. Andrea Pálfi did not write the dosage instructions on the product or warn the mother verbally that the antibiotic she was dispensing was ten times the prescribed dose.

Following the incident, Andrea Pálfi admitted that she had made a mistake and apologised to those involved. The pharmaceutical company said that it accepts the apology, and since Andrea Pálfi had never made a mistake in her job before the incident, she will not be banned from her work as a pharmacist, index.hu reports.

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