April 24
After receiving several complaints regarding inflated prices and contaminated fluids, Abdul Majeed Mehrab, the Medical Superintendent of District hospital in South Kashmir’s premier hospital in Islamabad (anantnag) township ordered the closure of Co-operative Fair Price shops located within the premises of the hospital.
The officer has also written to Director Health Services Kashmir and District Development commissioner urging them to ensure the supply of best fluids to the hospital.
The Superintendent has ordered the closure of the shop following complaint by one Basharat Ahmad that the co-operative shop had dispensed contaminated injection Isollyte P. (Eurolife- EP) and upon examination the hospital officials found that, “Contaminated IV fluid with the brand name EP Eurolife (Batch Number EPE705) was dispensed to a patient.”
The Medical superintendent told The Kashmiriyat that he has constituted a team of doctors comprising of Mumtaz -ud Din (Prof and Head of Surgery), Ghulam Jeelani Ramshoo (Prof and head department Medicine), Aabroo (Prof Micro Biology), Shoaib (Assistant Prof Pathology), Owais Hameed (Consultant Radiologist) and Malik Aabid (Medical Officer Administration) to investigate the material supplied to the patients at the said store.
The committee has been asked to submit its report within two days’ time, he said.
“In the interest of patient care and to safeguard of precious lives of patients, it is ordered that the FP shop with in the hospital premises be closed till further orders,” the order issued by the Medical Superintendent read.
The complainer (plaintiff) however said that the team deputed by the District Development Commissioner has closed down the wrong shop.
“There are two co-operative shops adjacent to each other, the admin has closed down the wrong one, not the one I had brought the contaminated fluid from,” the complainer told The Kashmiriyat.
He said that the hospital shops are selling contaminated medicines and risking the lives of hundreds of people, who come with a hope that the medicines will cure them.
He appealed the authorities to lock down the shop he had filed complaint against.www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/sildenafil.html
The Kashmiriyat also tried to contact the DDC, who despite several calls did not answer the phone.