Sterilisation deaths: Labs confirm poisonous content in medicines
24 Nov 2014 11:20 PM GMT
Nearly two weeks after botched sterilisation surgeries claimed 13 lives and left many critical, medical reports have confirmed the presence of poisonous substance in the medicines which were distributed to the women at the state-run tubectomy camps in Bilaspur.
‘The medicines which were provided to the affected women at the camps were found to be substandard and traces of poisonous substances were also found in it as per the medical reports,’ health minister Amar Agrawal told reporters here last night. He said the reports of samples of medicines and viscera have been received from all the laboratories, including Delhi and Kolkata, and were handed over to police for further action.
‘All the reports have been received and it is now clear that poison-contaminated medicines caused the deaths of women,’ he said. However, the minister did not specify the kind of poisonous substance and in which medicine it was found.
Agrawal also did not rule out negligence on the part of doctors who conducted the procedure and supervised the camps. Â
‘Doctors had allegedly violated the standard protocol of operation, therefore we can’t say that they are not guilty. They operated upon several women together within a short time. They should have taken care of disinfection and cleanliness of the operation theatre and equipments in the camps too,’ he said.
‘The medicines which were provided to the affected women at the camps were found to be substandard and traces of poisonous substances were also found in it as per the medical reports,’ health minister Amar Agrawal told reporters here last night. He said the reports of samples of medicines and viscera have been received from all the laboratories, including Delhi and Kolkata, and were handed over to police for further action.
‘All the reports have been received and it is now clear that poison-contaminated medicines caused the deaths of women,’ he said. However, the minister did not specify the kind of poisonous substance and in which medicine it was found.
Agrawal also did not rule out negligence on the part of doctors who conducted the procedure and supervised the camps. Â
‘Doctors had allegedly violated the standard protocol of operation, therefore we can’t say that they are not guilty. They operated upon several women together within a short time. They should have taken care of disinfection and cleanliness of the operation theatre and equipments in the camps too,’ he said.
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