Ontario’s health minister says he’s committed to improving safety in the pharmacy industry after meeting with the mother of an 8-year-old boy who died after allegedly being administered the wrong drug. In March, Andrew Sheldrick died of a toxic overdose of baclofen, a muscle relaxant drug, according to a coroner’s report. “The hope is that we can make pharmacies safer. That’s the whole point of all this,” said Melissa Sheldrick, who called the meeting productive. “My child was taken from us because there was a careless mistake and we don’t want that to happen again.

Source: thestar November 24, 2016 11:03 UTC