Parents describe 'nightmare' of trying to get hold of antibiotics for sick children amid Strep A outbreak
Parents have described 'the nightmare' of trying to get hold of antibiotics for their poorly children.
Read more: Strep A in Greater Manchester - everything we know so far as death toll in children hits 16 "No chemist in Hyde had any antibiotics, or Tesco at Hattersley," she said. "Eventually after the doctor gave me a new prescription, I managed to find the tablets at Asda, the only place that had them but they said they were running low."
Another parent who's been struggling to get hold of antibiotics is Lyndsey Burrows, from Abram, Wigan. Dozens more parents have been sharing their own struggles to get medication on our Manchester Family Facebook page.
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