Medical Experts Urges Doctors to Write Clear Prescriptions 'Life‑Threatening Errors'

The battle against illegible medical prescriptions has intensified in the last few years, as even a minor error could be a matter of a patient’s life and death. 

Major public health regulatory authorities and doctors’ associations have, in the recent past, raised the need to have well-written medical prescriptions and also the gradual transition to prescriptions that have zero chances of errors.

In fact, Telangana Medical Council (TGMC), Indian Medical Association (IMA) and senior public health specialists in Hyderabad have time and again highlighted



the need for the patients and even the pharmacists to have access to a legible medical prescription.

Noted senior neurologist from Hyderabad and an active voice on public health on X (@hyderabaddoctor), Dr Sudhir Kumar, has consistently highlighted the threat to patient safety. “Illegible handwriting in prescriptions can create serious risks for patients, including receiving the wrong medicine, incorrect dose, or wrong duration of treatment. 

To ensure patient safety and avoid medication errors, prescriptions must be written clearly and legibly,” he says.