Phone service to help deal with poisons

A TELEPHONE service has been launched by the National Poisons Information Centre to help people, particularly parents, deal with accidents involving poisons.

Phone service to help deal with poisons

The NPIC, based in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, provides a round-the-clock specialist information service to doctors and healthcare professionals.

In recent years, there has been a growing demand from members of the public for advice, with such calls accounting for about a quarter of the 10,000 the NPIC receives each year.

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