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Posted by SilverLining
 - December 08, 2014, 12:34:45 PM
I definitely think poor translation is involved here.

But, the kid was given an injection at the first hospital.  It says antibiotic, but I think it means antihistamine. Either way, it wasn't epinephrine, which is obviously what he needed.
Posted by CMdeux
 - December 08, 2014, 11:01:18 AM
Well, manual injection versus auto-injector-- potay-to, potah-to? 

Sometimes foreign language sources mangle things via translation, too.
Posted by SilverLining
 - December 07, 2014, 11:01:56 PM
http://www.bangaloremirror.com/Bangalore/Cover-story/Teen-is-declared-brain-dead-after-reaction-to-egg-in-food/articleshow/45406680.cms

I find this confusing. The boy's grandfather said he was given an antibiotic.  I wonder if he meant antihistamine?

QuoteThe old generation of antihistamine had some side effects. Most hospitals have now switched to a newer generation of antihistamines. Abroad, there are Epipens, but here it has to be done only through injection. — Dr Nagendra Prasad, allergy, Bangalore Allergy centre

I assume this means auto injectors are not available. But, shouldn't a doctor know that an epipen is an injection?