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A reading text for pre-intermediate students
An
elderly
man
with
vision
died
after
he
took
the
wrong
medicine
,
a
court
has
heard
.
The
man
,
Pelayo
Del
Carmen
Cortes
Godoy
,
was
82
years
old
.
He
was
born
in
Chile
and
worked
as
a
before
moving
to
Australia
with
his
wife
Rosa
in
1985
.
A
South
Australian
coroner
,
Emma
Roper
,
is
now
looking
into
how
he
died
.
Mr
Cortes
could
not
see
.
He
had
very
little
sight
in
his
right
eye
and
had
lost
his
left
eye
in
an
accident
.
Because
of
this
,
he
depended
on
his
wife
to
pick
up
his
medicines
from
a
in
Salisbury
,
in
Adelaide
?
s
north
.
He
had
seven
different
medicines
.
Both
Mr
and
Mrs
Cortes
spoke
only
a
little
English
,
so
their
children
often
helped
them
understand
medical
.
On
May
15
,
2020
,
Mrs
Cortes
went
to
the
pharmacy
to
collect
medicines
for
both
of
them
.
One
medicine
pack
had
Mr
Cortes
?
name
on
the
front
,
but
on
the
back
it
showed
another
man
?
s
,
Andrew
Cummings
,
with
a
different
list
of
medicines
.
On
May
18
,
Mr
Cortes
took
the
medicine
from
this
.
The
next
day
he
felt
sick
and
told
his
wife
.
A
doctor
later
saw
that
the
medicine
packs
had
different
names
and
different
.
Mr
Cortes
was
taken
to
hospital
,
but
his
health
became
worse
very
quickly
,
and
he
died
the
next
day
.
A
medical
said
he
died
because
he
took
too
many
wrong
medicines
,
which
caused
serious
problems
in
his
lungs
and
heart
.
The
court
is
now
trying
to
understand
the
wrong
medicine
was
given
and
if
safety
rules
were
followed
.
The
pharmacy
owner
has
said
to
the
family
for
the
mistake
.
The
pharmacist
also
admitted
he
made
an
when
checking
the
medicine
packs
.
The
investigation
is
still
.
An
elderly
man
with
poor
vision
died
after
he
took
the
medicine
,
a
court
has
heard
.
The
man
,
Pelayo
Del
Carmen
Cortes
Godoy
,
was
82
years
old
.
He
was
born
in
Chile
and
worked
as
a
miner
before
moving
to
Australia
with
his
Rosa
in
1985
.
A
South
Australian
coroner
,
Emma
Roper
,
is
now
looking
into
how
he
died
.
Mr
Cortes
could
not
see
well
.
He
had
very
little
sight
in
his
eye
and
had
lost
his
left
eye
in
an
accident
.
Because
of
this
,
he
depended
on
his
wife
to
pick
up
his
medicines
from
a
pharmacy
in
Salisbury
,
in
Adelaide
?
s
north
.
He
had
different
medicines
.
Both
Mr
and
Mrs
Cortes
spoke
only
a
little
English
,
so
their
children
often
helped
them
medical
information
.
On
May
15
,
2020
,
Mrs
Cortes
went
to
the
pharmacy
to
collect
medicines
for
both
of
them
.
One
medicine
pack
had
Mr
Cortes
?
name
on
the
front
,
but
on
the
back
it
showed
another
?
s
name
,
Andrew
Cummings
,
with
a
different
list
of
medicines
.
On
May
18
,
Mr
Cortes
took
the
medicine
from
this
pack
.
The
next
day
he
felt
sick
and
told
his
wife
.
A
doctor
later
saw
that
the
medicine
had
different
names
and
different
drugs
.
Mr
Cortes
was
taken
to
hospital
,
but
his
health
became
worse
very
quickly
,
and
he
died
the
next
day
.
A
medical
expert
said
he
died
because
he
took
too
many
wrong
medicines
,
which
caused
problems
in
his
lungs
and
heart
.
The
court
is
now
trying
to
understand
how
the
wrong
medicine
was
given
and
if
safety
rules
were
followed
.
The
pharmacy
owner
has
said
sorry
to
the
for
the
mistake
.
The
pharmacist
also
admitted
he
made
an
error
when
checking
the
medicine
packs
.
The
investigation
is
continuing
.
An
elderly
man
with
poor
died
after
he
took
the
wrong
medicine
,
a
court
has
heard
.
The
man
,
Pelayo
Del
Carmen
Cortes
Godoy
,
was
82
years
old
.
He
was
born
in
Chile
and
as
a
miner
before
moving
to
Australia
with
his
wife
Rosa
in
1985
.
A
South
Australian
coroner
,
Emma
Roper
,
is
now
looking
into
how
he
died
.
Mr
Cortes
could
not
see
well
.
He
had
very
little
sight
in
his
eye
and
had
lost
his
left
eye
in
an
accident
.
Because
of
this
,
he
depended
on
his
wife
to
pick
up
his
medicines
from
a
pharmacy
in
Salisbury
,
in
Adelaide
?
s
north
.
He
had
seven
medicines
.
Both
Mr
and
Mrs
Cortes
spoke
only
a
little
English
,
so
their
children
often
helped
them
understand
medical
information
.
On
May
,
2020
,
Mrs
Cortes
went
to
the
pharmacy
to
collect
medicines
for
both
of
them
.
One
medicine
pack
had
Mr
Cortes
?
name
on
the
front
,
but
on
the
back
it
showed
another
man
?
s
name
,
Andrew
,
with
a
different
list
of
medicines
.
On
May
18
,
Mr
Cortes
took
the
medicine
from
this
pack
.
The
next
day
he
felt
sick
and
told
his
wife
.
A
doctor
later
saw
that
the
packs
had
different
names
and
different
drugs
.
Mr
Cortes
was
taken
to
hospital
,
but
his
health
became
worse
very
quickly
,
and
he
died
the
next
day
.
A
expert
said
he
died
because
he
took
too
many
wrong
medicines
,
which
caused
serious
problems
in
his
lungs
and
heart
.
The
court
is
now
trying
to
understand
how
the
medicine
was
given
and
if
safety
rules
were
followed
.
The
pharmacy
owner
has
said
sorry
to
the
family
for
the
mistake
.
The
also
admitted
he
made
an
error
when
checking
the
medicine
packs
.
The
investigation
still
continuing
.
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