The mistake was discovered after the girl had difficulty breathing after taking incorrectly prescribed asthma medication for 18 months, writes Skånska Dagbladet.
The girl’s parents took her to the emergency room when she had difficulty breathing and that’s when the mistakes with the medicine were discovered.
The medicine the girl was given is a bronchodilator inhalation spray against asthma to be used with a face mask. The medicine should not be used for children under four years of age because force is required in the inhalation, which small children cannot handle.
The girl took the medicine for 18 months and had problems with coughing during colds when the medicine did not help.
According to a report made by an operations manager at the health center to the Medical Products Agency, the mistakes have been made at a health center and a pharmacy in Skåne. According to the report, the failures could have led to seriously impaired health and ultimately to death.