Paramedical staffer sister Durga suspended pending inquiry
Patna : There were angry scenes in a district hospital in Raisen district on Friday when it was found that a patient was being given medicine meant for animals.
The attendant of a patient created ruckus in Civil Hospital, Raisen on Friday after an intravenous fluid (dextrose) with a label reading ‘only for animals’ was administered to him. The district administration has suspended a paramedical staffer sister Durga. Further probe is being carried out.
Three packets of dextrose out of 10 cartons supplied to Civil Hospital are of ‘animal use’.
The ruckus sparked when an attendant of Munne Bhai Painterwaley, admitted in the Civil Hospital’s men’s ward, suddenly noticed that the glucose being infused to him through a drip carried a label reading ‘only for animals’.
Raisen collector J K Jain, talking to Free Press Journal, said, “A paramedical staffer, sister Durga has been suspended with immediate effect. The matter is being further investigated. This is true that the glucose being administered to Munne Bhai was actually meant for animals.”
“A probe has been launched to ascertain how such a bottle reached the hospital and how it was being administered to a patient. Action would be taken against anyone found guilty,” collector Jain added.
Jain said, “there were 10 cartons of dextrose supplied to Civil Hospital but only three pieces of dextrose samples meant for animal were supplied in 10 cartons and all the other medicines are okay.
