COLOMBO : A 62-year-old female patient in the Ingiriya area of Horana, has reportedly died after consuming a medicine which was mistakenly issued by a private pharmacy.
The relatives of the deceased alleged that the pharmacy had mistakenly issued cancer medication to the deceased, who was suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes.
62-year-old P.M. Somawathi had received continuous treatment at the clinic of Horana Base Hospital. Accordingly, her husband had attended the hospital’s clinic on July 31 with her diagnosis reports to obtain the relevant medicine.
Since certain types of medicines were not available at the hospital, he had purchased them from a private pharmacy nearby.
The patient in question has had some difficulties after having the medicines obtained from the private pharmacy for about a week.
However, she had passed away after being admitted to the Horana Base Hospital, and it has been revealed that the cause of the death was due to her taking the wrong medicine meant for malignancy .
Further investigations on the death are being carried out by Ingiriya Police. With inputs from Ada Derana
