Woman awarded €39k after getting 'used injections' from pharmacy

Lisa McGuire told court she had to wait two months before she was assured she had not contracted Hepatitis B and could not breastfeed her newborn baby

She told the court she had to get a new box of injections from the pharmacy and when she later talked to the supervising pharmacist, he had no explanation and told her there was nothing she needed to do. File picture: Denis Minihane

A woman who claimed she suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome after she found out three prescribed injections she received from a pharmacy were “already used “ has been awarded over €39,000 by the High Court.

Lisa McGuire, who was recovering after the birth of her fourth baby, had just been injected with what should have been the prescribed anti-clotting medicine when she and her husband realised the vial was empty and two others in the box were the same.