"I Asked for Cold Medicine, but Got Birth-Control Pills": Sixth-Grader Takes Two Pills and Ends Up in Emergency Room... Pharmacy Says, "We Only Gave Her What She Asked For"

[Financial News] A sixth-grade elementary school student went to a pharmacy to buy cold medicine but was given birth-control pills by a pharmacist and took them. The student complained of severe headaches and abdominal pain before being taken to a hospital.
According to Yeosu MBC on the 15th, Student A, who was experiencing cold-like symptoms, recently visited a pharmacy in Suncheon City, South Jeolla Province, to buy cold medicine.
After returning home, the student took the medicine, but the symptoms did not improve. It turned out that the medicine Student A had brought home was not cold medicine but "oral contraceptive pills for women."
Student A's parent described the situation at the time, saying, "My child was not feeling well, so when I looked at the medicine, I saw the precautions for taking contraceptive pills. I was extremely angry and bewildered."
Unaware of what they were, Student A took two contraceptive pills and was taken to an emergency room after complaining of severe headaches and abdominal pain.
The student's parent strongly protested, saying the pharmacy handed over the medicine without checking the student's age or providing instructions on how to take it. The parent also claimed, "When the pharmacist sold the medicine, they did not explain what kind of medicine it was or how it should be taken."
However, the pharmacy reportedly explained that the child did not look like an elementary school student and that staff had simply provided the medicine because the child accurately stated the name of the contraceptive.
The parent filed a criminal complaint against the pharmacy with police.
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