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India Origin British Woman Dies After Taking Husband Medicine (symbolic picture)

London: A British coroner has drawn the government’s attention to a big matter after the death of an elderly woman of Indian origin after accidentally consuming her husband’s medicine. The coroner has issued a warning to the government-funded National Health Service (NHS) over the dangers of identical medicine containers being used by pharmacies. A coroner is a government official appointed to investigate a death.

died in hospital

Seva Kaur Chadha, 82, of Slough, Berkshire, in south-east England, collapsed on the floor of her home in May last year and died in hospital a few days later. Seva Kaur Chadha lived with her husband and both of them had many physical health problems, for which they took many medicines. Due to their age, the couple also suffered from problems like forgetting things.

report published

“The investigation revealed that Kaur had been taking her husband’s medication, including diabetes medication, instead of her own for several days,” Berkshire assistant coroner Katie Thorne said in her report published this week. His blood sugar level was found to be extremely low.” Chadha’s cause of death was found to be sodium deficiency in the blood due to lack of necessary treatment for low glucose in the bloodstream.

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‘Danger will increase in future’

Coroner Katy Thorne said in her ‘Prevention of Future Deaths Report’: “Some worrying developments emerged during the investigation. In my opinion, if action is not taken the risk of death will increase in the future.” Their investigation also revealed several ‘concerning issues’, including the similarity in the packaging of medicines supplied by pharmaceutical companies, which often confuses the elderly couple. Also, the name of the medicine etc. is written on small labels. (Language)