Pensioner in expired medication case dies

-family urges probe

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Cornelia Ida pensioner Elfreida Benjamin died last Thursday, almost two weeks since she was hospitalised after using expired medication allegedly given to her at the Leonora Cottage Hospital (LCH).

The woman, 74, was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital  (GPHC) on March 26, a day after she was allegedly given the expired drugs and her family …..

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