Health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao orders action against drug firm over substandard IV solutions
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Bengaluru: Health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has directed drug control officials to register a case against a West Bengal-based firm after 22 batches of IV solutions were found to be of substandard quality. The firm in question is the same company whose Ringer's Lactate solution was allegedly found to have led to four maternal deaths at the Ballari district hospital in November.
During a meeting at Vikasa Soudha on Wednesday, officials revealed that the State Drug Control department had identified 22 batches of IV solution from the company that failed to meet several safety parameters, as reported by the Deccan Herald. However, the firm has approached the Central Drugs Laboratory questioning the report of 13 batches, and the latter has reported that four batches are of good quality.
Gundu Rao then questioned officials if the firm could not be prosecuted for the remaining nine batches.
He expressed concerns over the discrepancies in the reporting of the standard of several batches of the solutions between the Centre and the State departments, the report added. He also instructed officials to investigate these inconsistencies and ensure timely testing of all drugs.
Furthermore, he enquired about the action taken after testing reports revealed substandard quality of drugs and demanded an explanation about the delay in providing test reports.
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3-year-old girl raped, killed in Gurugram; accused neighbour arrested
Gurugram (PTI): A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped and strangled to death in Sector 37 by her neighbour, who lured the toddler away from her home at a village located nearby, officials said on Friday.
Police have arrested the accused, who confessed to the crime during interrogation, they said.
On Thursday night, police received a complaint that a minor girl was missing in Mohammadpur Jharsa village, with the family alleging that a man living in the neighbourhood lured her away.
Police arrested the accused, a native of Bihar who worked as a scrap collector in Gurugram, within an hour of filing an FIR at the Sector 37 police station, the officials said.
“During interrogation, the accused disclosed that late on Thursday evening, he lured the minor girl to a secluded place in Sector 37, where he first raped the toddler and then strangled her to death to wipe out evidence. Further questioning is underway,” a spokesperson for Gurugram police said.
