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Moncton pharmacist fined for drug-dispensing mistake that led to patient’s death

A Moncton pharmacist has been fined and reprimanded by the New Brunswick College of Pharmacists after someone on his staff made a dispensing error that led to the death of a patient in long-term care.

Although he didn’t make the error himself, Peter Ford, manager of Ford’s Family Pharmacy & Wellness Centre, was fined $5,000 for dispensing baclofen suspension, a muscle relaxant, at five times the concentration on the label.

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