AUDIO: Dangers of Medical Doctors’ Bad Handwriting

Have you ever tried reading a prescription handed you by your medical doctor or attempted finding out your state of health from your hospital folder. Irrespective of the hospital you attend or the doctor you see, you are almost always likely to abandon the idea of reading because of the handwriting. But the issue of illegible doctors’ handwriting may not be as funny as you think. In this report, Manasseh Azure Awuni finds out how poor handwriting of doctors is posing serious challenges to health care delivery in our hospitals.