A culture of overprescribing medication is putting lives at risk and having a serious impact on public health, the capital's health authority warned yesterday. Doctors have also been prescribing unnecessary drugs because of financial kickbacks offered by pharmaceutical companies, said the Health Authority-Abu Dhabi. Do you believe that doctors in the UAE have ever given you unnecessary drugs, imprecise prescriptions and rushed consultations?
Updated: December 29, 2009, 12:00 AM