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...Shara R. Kay '01 says that even when a doctor has a patient's medical history in front of him or her, that doesn't necessarily make the physician more responsive to the patient's needs...
...Kay, who suffers from sinus problems, says that when she first went into UHS for treatment, the doctor prescribed cough medicine with codeine...
...Cough medicines obviously didn't cure sinuses, so I went back," Kay says...
When she finally got the filled prescription and took it home, Kay says she noticed that it contained Ceclor, an antibiotic related to the penicillin family of drugs, which she is allergic...
Although it was stated in her medical record and she had repeatedly told both her doctor and the UHS pharmacist of her allergic reaction to Ceclor, Kay says none of the UHS officials had bothered to take notice...