A Composite Case
Meet Priya — A Story
That Happens Every Day
Based on real patterns from rural clinics across Maharashtra
Chief complaint: Severe cough
Prescribed: Amoxicillin 500mg, Cough syrup, Paracetamol
Record kept: handwritten notebook ✏️ — no allergy history asked
Chief complaint: High blood pressure
Prescribed: Aspirin 75mg, Amlodipine 5mg, Lisinopril 10mg
⚠ No one asked about amoxicillin prescribed 5 days ago
Chief complaint: Joint pain
Prescribed: Ibuprofen 400mg, Diclofenac 50mg
🚨 Ibuprofen + Aspirin → GI bleeding risk (SEVERE)
🚨 Ibuprofen + Lisinopril → Kidney damage risk (SEVERE)
No one checked. Priya didn't know to mention her other medicines.
Priya collapses.
This was 100% preventable.