A 57-year-old resident of Kegalle who was treated at the Kegalle Base Hospital has died due to an allergic reaction developed after being given an antibiotic.
The patient was admitted to the hospital on June 10 due to a complication in liver.
He had been given 13 antibiotics and the hospital said that he developed an allergic reaction to the 14th antibiotic leading to his death.
The hospital authorities said that he was given the ‘controversial’ antibiotic and that he was the 19th patient who was given this antibiotic that day.
They said that the patient may have developed an allergic reaction due to his weak immunity. .
The Hospital Director said that measures have been taken to inform the Health Ministry and the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) about the incident.
