In a post on X (formerly Twitter), he cautioned that this unclear writing can create serious dangers for patients.
A Nigerian man has raised alarm over the dangers posed by a doctor’s unreadable handwriting on a prescription note.
The man took to Twitter to make his case.
He wrote:
“Doctors need to stop doing this, it is not okay. It causes medication errors, and the danger it poses to everyone involved (especially patients) is alarming! I can actually understand what he wrote, but it’s still so annoying.”
See some reactions below:
@hadro20: “If I work we with this person for one week, his handwriting go improve by force.”
@dearest_hanny: “Most groups are filled with…”please who can see the 3rd drug” Wo, back to sender, please.”
@chi_quiero: “This isn’t a baby scribbling?! It’s an actual prescription?!!!”
@DiekololaOlabi1: “I use to send patients back tho sometimes because why will you be writing like you are being chased. For Christ sake, I have seen prescriptions that are legibly written, why do you want me to strain my eyes and brain before understanding?”
@JardaniJovonovv: “Anyone that writes like this isn’t sure of the treatment, it’s plausible deniability in case anything goes wrong.”
@Talk2meeh: “I still don’t want to believe a doctor wrote this as medicine prescriptions.”
@Contrarianviewz: “I once asked a doctor friend why doctors’ handwriting is often illegible. His response was that if patients could easily read their prescriptions, they might bypass consulting a doctor to get the medications themselves.”
@Oslabies: “I use to doubt this until I experienced it myself, to my amazement the pharmacist understood what was written.”
See post here: