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A pharmacist says her industry's under an unsustainable amount of pressure, off the back of two high-profile cases.
New reports revealed a pharmacist failed to consult a man's GP three times on his blood thinner medication before he suffered a fatal brain bleed.
Meanwhile, a Dunedin woman suffered an overdose of fentanyl after being given six times her prescribed dosage.
Mangawhai Pharmacy director Lanny Wong says we need to rethink how pharmacists are funded.
"For the last two decades, we've been doing the same type of work for less. So in order to keep our business viable, we need to dispense more prescription."
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