Cases of reaction due to IV fluid
Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 1: Despite
panic caused by the increasing cases of reaction to patients while
administrating IV fluid, the administration of the GMC hospital is trying to
sweep the matter under the carpet and many believe that several meetings in
this regard were mere eye wash.
Sources at GMC&H Jammu
told Early Times that within 10 days atleast three times the fluid, which is
procured by Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation (JKMSC) Ltd., had
reacted to the patients admitted in the different wards causing panic.
"The matter has been
brought to the notice of hospital administration as well as officers of Health
and Medical Education Department but except some meetings, nothing has been
done in this regard" said a doctor of the GMCH pleading anonymity.
"Similarly, a
committee was constituted to investigate the cause of reactions but even before
it could report its findings, two more such cases were reported in the said
hospital, "sources stated adding that the hospital administration called
number of meeting with staff as well as some Head of Department (HoD)s to
discuss the issue, but these meetings failed to reach any conclusion.
Earlier, supply of DNS
batch no 16JK13P004 and NS batch no JK02/P004 was stopped and stocks lifted
from the store by Drug and Food Organisation Jammu.
Sources further added that
the administration has procured fluid without its test report from concerned
authority. "It seems the laid protocol for procurement has not been
followed, endangering lives of the patients" said a doctor.
The principal and medical
superintendent of the GMC&H Jammu didn't respond to repeated calls for
their comment.
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