Statesman News Service
MALDA, June 12: The Malda CMOH, Dr Gopal Sarkar, has instructed the officials of all health centres in the district to withdraw saline bottles, supplied by the district headquarters, after the saline bottles were found to be of inferior quality which may affect the patients, officials said today.This decision was taken after the CMOH received complaints from the medical officer of a health centre in Harishchandrapur block yesterday. The medical officer had reported to the CMOH that after injecting saline, they found rigor symptoms in patients.“We bought 5,000 bottles from a firm approved by the state-run central medical store. The expiry date was 2008. But since the bottles are now in question, we have ordered the officials concerned to stop their use with immediate effect,” Dr Sarkar said. Dr Sarkar added that they have brought the matter to the notice of departmental authorities, besides requesting the manufacturing firm to immediately replace the saline bottles. Some medical officials alleged that without sample testing, even life saving drugs were being supplied to the rural hospitals of the district.
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