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We can't get vital drug say high-risk pair

Anna Davis
30.04.09

Two people at risk of developing swine flu today criticised health chiefs after revealing they had been unable to get medication despite being designated priority cases by doctors.

Charles Posner, 67, and Felix Alverez, 38, have prescriptions for Tamiflu but cannot find a pharmacy that stocks it.

They are both staying near the Barbican after returning from Mexico.

Mr Posner, who is British but works in Mexico City, said: "This is appalling disorganisation. We have the resources in this country but we are sitting on them."

Mr Posner, an emeritus professor from the University of London, must return to Mexico next week with his Mexican assistant Mr Alverez.


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