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Island doctors developing prescription App

Tue, 05 May 2015


Junior doctors on the Island are developing a new £20,000 prescription App to use at Noble's Hospital.

It's aimed at tackling unnecessary prescriptions of antibiotics - as experts believe resistance will flounder if replacements can't be found.

Doctors Ben Lambden and Mustafa Jaafar have received funding of £4,000 from a competition held by Health Education North West - further money has been donated by PokerStars.

Dr Lambden says it's full steam ahead:


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