Protecting patients (20 March 2004)

Summary

This opinion piece in the Irish Times outlines the results of an independent report into medication errors at Galway Hospice in 2004. The report uncovered medication errors and breaches of the Misuse of Drugs Act (1988) that had resulted in patient harm. It outlines the role of Dr Dympna Waldron, consultant in palliative medicine with the Western Health Board in speaking up to prevent harm to patients from medication errors.