Royal North Shore doctors putting patients at increased superbug risk

By Sean Nicholls
Updated August 15 2016 - 6:25am, first published August 14 2016 - 5:14pm
Royal North Shore Hospital doctors have been issuing powerful restricted antibiotics without approval Photo: Bob Pearce
Royal North Shore Hospital doctors have been issuing powerful restricted antibiotics without approval Photo: Bob Pearce
Health Minister Jillian Skinner.
Health Minister Jillian Skinner.
A coloured transmission electron micrograph of a deadly cluster of resistant staphylococcus bacteria. Photo: Science Photo Library
A coloured transmission electron micrograph of a deadly cluster of resistant staphylococcus bacteria. Photo: Science Photo Library

Doctors at one of Sydney's biggest hospitals have been issuing tens of thousands of doses of restricted antibiotics without approval, undermining the regime designed to combat the rise of superbugs.

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