‘Nothing to stop a Shipman from happening here’

A ROGUE doctor like British serial killer Harold Shipman could strike in Ireland unless drugs laws are tightened, according to the State pharmacies’ regulator.

‘Nothing to stop a Shipman from happening here’
Wed, 22 Feb, 2006 - 00:00
Paul Kelly

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) warned current laws would be unable to stop a Shipman-like doctor obtaining hard drugs to kill patients.

Over 23 years, the Manchester GP killed more than 200 patients using lethal doses of diamorphine - pharmaceutical heroin obtained from chemists.

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