(Zaman Al Wasl)- A drug toxicity at a camp for displaced people near the northern city of Hasaka has sickened 16 people, including 13 children, medics told Zaman al-Wasl Wednesday.
The displaced people from the camp of al-Sad south of Hasaka city took ill on Tuesday after taking wrong medicine, according to al-Hikma hospital.
The Kurdish Red Crescent said the children were poisoned by a doctor who prescribed Serocal drug instead of Cetamol by mistake.
Drug toxicity can occur as a result of over-ingestion of a medication-having too much of a drug in a person's system at once. This can happen if the dose taken exceeds the prescribed dose, either intentally or accidentally. However, with certain medications, drug toxicity can also occur as an adverse drug reaction (ADR). In this case, the normally given therapeutic dose of the drug can cause unintentional, harmful and unwanted side effects.
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