BHUBANESWAR: A 20-year-old girl from Cuttack, who used to be allegedly administered expired medications for remedy of her tuberculosis for past many months, died in SCB Medical College and Hospital there on Sunday. The state government ordered a high-level inquiry into her demise.
Gudi Nayak, a native of Rajabagicha within the Millennium city, had been taking government-supplied loose TB medications on the City Hospital in Cuttack for several months. The expired medications being given to her got here to gentle when she consulted a non-public practitioner lately because her well being used to be falling, her father Rajendra Naik said. She used to be shifted to SCB on Friday.
Gudi's oldsters are sweepers and are illiterate.
Rajendra said the native ASHA (accepted social well being activist) introduced the medications for her from the City Hospital as is the norms. "Being illiterate, we can't figure out if the medicine is valid," he said.
Health products and services director Braja Kishore Brahma said an inquiry will be performed via a senior officer to establish the reason for her demise and whether expired medications were given to her. "The sate TB officer (Sanjukta Sahoo) will conduct the probe," Brahma told TOI.
After the allegations got here to the fore on Friday, the government had previous asked the Cuttack chief district medical officer Biswakalyan Patnaik to behavior an inquiry and put up a report. "The new probe will be besides the one being done by the CDMO," Brahma said.
Gudi Nayak, a native of Rajabagicha within the Millennium city, had been taking government-supplied loose TB medications on the City Hospital in Cuttack for several months. The expired medications being given to her got here to gentle when she consulted a non-public practitioner lately because her well being used to be falling, her father Rajendra Naik said. She used to be shifted to SCB on Friday.
Gudi's oldsters are sweepers and are illiterate.
Rajendra said the native ASHA (accepted social well being activist) introduced the medications for her from the City Hospital as is the norms. "Being illiterate, we can't figure out if the medicine is valid," he said.
Health products and services director Braja Kishore Brahma said an inquiry will be performed via a senior officer to establish the reason for her demise and whether expired medications were given to her. "The sate TB officer (Sanjukta Sahoo) will conduct the probe," Brahma told TOI.
After the allegations got here to the fore on Friday, the government had previous asked the Cuttack chief district medical officer Biswakalyan Patnaik to behavior an inquiry and put up a report. "The new probe will be besides the one being done by the CDMO," Brahma said.
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