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'Significant increase' in number of patients being given wrong medication, Ambulance Tasmania says

Ambulance Tasmania reported a significant increase in patients being given the wrong medication, doses, and routes last year, in what a union said was a result of excessive workloads.

The clinical support team sent an email to all southern paramedics on Sunday highlighting the matter, describing it as a regular issue that has been "happening with more frequency" and needed to be addressed.

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