Kodihalli Swamiji's statement against government is not correct: Anita Kumaraswamy
Belthangady: We have great respect for Kodihalli Swamiji. He should not speak this way. He must stop giving statements against the government. Everything goes as per God’s will, said Anita Kumaraswamy.
Anita Kumaraswamy, who is contesting the Ramanagara bypoll, was responding to a query on the statement of Kodihalli Swamiji, who had said that the government would fall in two months. She was speaking to media persons after visiting Shri Kshetra in Dharmasthala on Friday.
When asked whether the resignation of Minister N. Mahesh would affect JDS, she said “Though Mahesh has resigned; Kumaraswamy has his support and respect. His resignation was his personal decision.”
When the media questioned that there was a possibility that a Congress rebel candidate would be contesting in the Ramanagar bypoll, Anita Kumaraswamy replied, “No, wait and watch. No rebellion is available here. Iqbal will not contest the election. D.K Shivakumar and his brother D.K Suresh will solve the problem. I have their support.”
Earlier in the day, she offered pooja at Sri Manjunatha temple and submitted the Form B. She then visited Dharmadhikari Dr. Veerendra Heggade at his residence and took his blessings.
Hemavathi V. Heggade, Harshendra Kumar, JDS State Vice President M.B Sadashiva, Sullia JDS President Kumbra Dayakar Alva, and others were present.
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'Low-quality' catheters supplied to West Bengal govt hospitals at high price, probe ordered
Kolkata (PTI): The West Bengal health department has launched a probe into the supplies of allegedly low-quality and locally made catheters at a high price to several government hospitals, posing a risk to the lives of patients undergoing treatment in these facilities, officials said.
Such central venous catheters (CVCs) were allegedly supplied to at least five medical colleges and hospitals in the state, defying allocation of international standard-compliant CVCs, they said.
The distribution company, which has been accused of supplying these catheters to government hospitals, admitted to the fault but placed the blame on its employees.
"We started checking stocks some time back and found these locally made CVCs in my hospital store. These catheters are of low quality as compared to those allocated by the state. We have informed the state health department," a senior official of the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital told PTI.
Low-quality catheters were also found in the stores of other hospitals, which indicates "possible involvement of insiders in the scam", a health department official said.
The low-quality CVCs were supplied by a distributor in the Hatibagan area in the northern part of Kolkata for the last three to four months, he said.
"Such kinds of local CVCs are priced around Rs 1,500 but the distributor took Rs 4,177 for each device," the official said.
A CVC is a thin and flexible tube that is inserted into a vein to allow for the administration of fluids, blood, and other treatment. It's also clinically called a central line catheter.
"An initial probe revealed that the distribution company Prakash Surgical had supplied the low-quality and locally manufactured catheters to several government hospitals instead of the CVCs of the government-designated international company.
"All the units will be tested and a proper investigation is on to find out who benefited from these supplies," the health department official said.
The distribution company blamed its employees for the supply of inferior quality catheters.
"I was sick for a few months. Some employees of the organisation made this mistake. We are taking back all those units that have gone to the hospitals. It's all about misunderstanding," an official of the distribution company told PTI.
According to another state health department official, a complaint was lodged with the police in this connection.
Asked about how many patients were affected by the usage of such low-quality CVCs, the official said, "The probe would also try to find that out".
According to sources in the health department, some of the staff of the hospitals' equipment receiving departments and some local officials of international organisations might be involved in the alleged irregularities.
