I'm sure it must have been a shock for Julie Webster to find a hyperdermic needle in a bottle of medicine prescribed for her baby (The Argus, April 7).
However, I do feel your paper and the lady herself are going somewhat over the top in this complaint.
Most medicine for children has to be reconstituted in this way, by mixing it with sterile water, which is then shaken into the powder.
In order to do this, it is drawn up with a syringe and needle.
Unfortunately, the needle was mistakenly left in the bottle.
Human beings make mistakes in spite of all precautions being taken. The needle was sterile, posing no harm at all to mother or baby.
Stop knocking the NHS. Be gratefull we have one at all.
-Sylvia Harwood, Hove
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