IT failures mean British military still issues soldiers antimalarial ‘zombie drug’

‘IT failures mean the anti-malarial drug Lariam, which is banned in many countries due to its widely reported psychotic effects, is still being issued to UK troops deploying to war zones around the world.
Senior military doctors have warned that failing IT equipment means that the dangerous drug, which can cause depression and hallucinations, is still being issued to military personnel despite a near total ban.
In 2016, the military apologized for using the drug, also known as Mefloquine, despite official warnings.Ministry of Defense (MoD) medical computers are reported to crash regularly.
The British Medical Association (BMA) is calling on the military to upgrade its systems to prevent “frequent software crashes or total loss of IT.”
The chair of the BMA’s Armed Forces Committee, Colonel Glynn Evans, told the Telegraph on Tuesday: “We’re having to treat real patients in real time and the system cannot keep up with us.”’
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