HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong government clinic mistakenly gave more than 100 babies and children mouthwash instead of medicine to relieve their fever. Dispensary staff mixed up the two pink solutions in the bottling process, the Department of Health
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said in a statement late on Saturday. The 144 victims, aged between two months and six years, vomited and suffered from diarrhoea, it said. "At the doses prescribed, it is unlikely that the contaminant will lead to serious side-effects," it said. The department said the colour of the mouthwash would be changed to prevent the same mix-up happening again.