Coroner Urges Review of Gps' Practices After Drug Fatalities ; Doctor's High Morphine Doses Linked to Deaths of Three Patients
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A CORONER has called for a review of GPs' medical practices after finding that high doses of morphine administered by an elderly doctor contributed to patients' deaths.
County Durham Coroner Andrew Tweddle said he would be writing to the medical authorities to highlight issues raised during the inquests on three patients who were treated by Dr Howard Martin of Penmaenmawr, Gwynedd.See the full content of this document
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Coroner Urges Review of Gps' Practices After Drug Fatalities ; Doctor's High Morphine Doses Linked to Deaths of Three Patients
Dr Martin, 75, was cleared of murdering Frank Moss, 59, Harry Gittins, 74, and Stanley Weldon, 74, with overdoses of morphine after a trial at Teesside Crown Court in December 2005.
All three men had been patients of Dr Martin ...See the full content of this document
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