article_snippet: The doctor had accidentally prescribed the 77-year old with a dose of cardiac drug Digoxin 1,000 times the recommended level after The doctor wrote milligrams instead of microgrammes on a doctor's note.
article_snippet: When questioned Pillay, who had not written out the prescription in full as per NHS practice, said: 'Somewhere between my brain and my right hand microgrammes turned into milligrammes.'
article_snippet: At the fitness to practise hearing an expert witness said of Mrs Dixon's case: 'The prescription of 1,000 times the required dose is an extremely serous matter.
article_snippet: Even a Foundation Year One doctor should have been aware of the approximate dose range and should not have prescribed this dose in milligrams.
highlights_snippet: Patient died after receiving ten times the recommended level of Digoxin .
  