Haryana orders doctors to write prescriptions in capital letters
The Director General of Health Services, Haryana, has written to all civil surgeons that 'all diagnoses/prescriptions shall be written in capital/bold letters.' Amicus Curiae Tanu Bedi submitted that 'illegible or incomplete prescriptions are a leading cause of medication errors.' She added, "Pharmacists may misinterpret drug names and dosages, leading to patients receiving the wrong medication."