Action to be taken against moldy medicines sold at Malkangiri DHH : Health min Naba Das
Malkangiri : Amid state struggling against Covid-19 pandemic, traces of moldy medicines surfaces at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) in Malkangiri .
This issue got revealed only after Kalidasi Mandal of MV-7 village visited the hospital with her sister after complaining of severe chest pain and cough. Following a checkup, doctor prescribed her to take Doxycycline medicine.
Consuming the medicine the patient bought from the hospital however led to . Thereafter, her sister Minarani checked and spotted molds/fungus had been developed on the medicine.
Minarani reached the hospital and met the doctor who advised her to replace the medicine pack. However, she found all the packs contained musty medicines.
Immediately meeting ADMO Siba Prasad Maharana they checked the medicine packets and found that all of them had developed molds/fungus while the expiration date was still a year away.
Health Minister Naba Kishore Das, who had visited the district to review the arrangements prior to the scheduled visit of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has assured will not hesitate to initiate stringent action against the mismanagement.
