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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Lewis Finney & Douglas Whitbread

'Doctors nearly killed my son after he was given 15 times recommended antibiotic dosage'

A "furious" dad claims doctors could have killed his six-week-old baby - after the tot was given medicine that was fifteen times the recommended dosage.

Gareth Jennings, 36, was told there could have been "catastrophic" consequences for little Jadon if he hadn't asked a community nurse if the amount was correct.

The carer said his son had been prescribed the antibiotic drug clindamycin after doctors at Royal Bolton hospital diagnosed him with a bug last Thursday (April 14).

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