Maha govt wants docs to improve handwriting legibility

September 11, 2012 10:35

In what is easily a first, the Maharashtra government has lend its support to the efforts taken by the medical fraternity in the state to create awareness about handwriting legibility amongst doctors to prevent prescription errors due to sloppy writing.

Senior doctors across the state are very positive about handwriting improvement to keep pharmaceutical malpractices and legal hassle for medical practitioners at bay, by clearly writing, and in capital letters.

Following this, a group of doctors have written to Health Minister Suresh Shetty about their proposed endeavour which the minister said is a good sign.

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