20mg instead of 2mg of hydromorphone


A coroner has criticised the “shocking lack of attention” that led to a man receiving 10 times the prescribed amount of hydromorphone Medication errors have been highlighted in recent coroner’s reports from both Tasmania and Victoria. Tasmanian man Brian John Kelly, 71, was battling cancer and receiving palliative care at home. On 3 January 2020

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