MUM Rachel Gichia was left distraught when she realised wrong labelling by a supermarket pharmacy meant she gave her baby daughter twice the correct dose of antibiotics.

Jobcentre worker Ms Gichia, of Osmund Road, Devizes, has spoken out to warn other parents about the mistake so they do not suffer the same ordeal. Luckily her nine-month-old daughter Tillymay did not suffer any harm but for 48 hours Mrs Gichia was at her wits' end and says Morrisons in Devizes did not do enough to help after they admitted the error.

She said: "I don't want this horrible appalling ordeal to happen to anyone else, especially as the circumstances one day may lead to a more horrific consequence. I was incredibly worried and very angry. I wanted them to find out if the overdose would cause any harm but they kept telling me I had to find out for myself.

"The mistake meant that I gave her two lots of 5ml instead of two of 2.5mls."

The baby was prescribed antibiotics on Friday for an ear infection and Ms Gichia, who also has three sons aged from six to 13, took the prescription to the pharmacy in Morrisons and was given the medicine.

Once home she gave the baby the dosage as written on the bottle and then waited 12 hours until Saturday morning to administer a second dose. But her suspicions were aroused when she read further advice with the medicine which mentioned a tablet when the contents were liquid.

After advice from her mother she decided to go back to the pharmacy to check. She said: "A staff member took it round the back then said sorry that it was a mistake and it has the wrong dosage instructions directions on the label.

"Then another lady came out and admitted she printed the wrong label and that my baby has taken too much medicine. I was scared, upset and angry and demanded someone find out if my baby would be okay and not affected by this."

Eventually she was given the phone number of a duty manager in Scotland who again apologised and said he would ring her back after checking with the NHS Out of Hours advice service. But she was later advised that she would have to ring the service herself to get the information about the effect of the extra medicine.

A Morrisons spokesperson said: "We have apologised to the customer for this dispensing error. The health of her child is our priority and our pharmacists have been in regular contact since the incident came to light to ensure she had access to the right medical advice. We are now investigating what happened."