It is clear now that the racket is much bigger than expected. The trail of infected syringes that caused a hepatitis outbreak in Gujarat has now led to pharmaceutical companies. It is a problem that is compounding everyday.
It has been found that 7 pharma companies in Delhi and Haryana, other than Gujarat are buying used, disposable syringes and needles in bulk.
Captain Dilip Mahajan, Deputy Municipal Commissioner, AMC, says, "Seems it's a countrywide racket. It is a question of ethical practices of doctors and some unethical practitioners making money out of nothing."
On Sunday, the Ahmedabad authorities continued their crackdown, sealing eight more clinics and filing cases against six doctors while state Health Minister Jay Narayan Vyas went into damage control.
Jay Narayan Vyas, Health Minister, Gujarat says, "We are not on the backfoot. Just due to some dubious pharmaceutical companies and their blunders, Gujarat's pharma industry cannot earn a dubious distinction. Those who are at fault, will not be spared."
Meanwhile in Modasa, the epicentre of the outbreak, striking doctors and chemists went back to work, after the government threatened action and refused to withdraw cases against their colleagues.
The biggest challenge for the state Health Department at this time is to ensure all the reused and repacked injection syringes lying in thousands of medical stores across Gujarat are identified and confiscated before those are resold to patients.
It has been found that 7 pharma companies in Delhi and Haryana, other than Gujarat are buying used, disposable syringes and needles in bulk.
Captain Dilip Mahajan, Deputy Municipal Commissioner, AMC, says, "Seems it's a countrywide racket. It is a question of ethical practices of doctors and some unethical practitioners making money out of nothing."
On Sunday, the Ahmedabad authorities continued their crackdown, sealing eight more clinics and filing cases against six doctors while state Health Minister Jay Narayan Vyas went into damage control.
Jay Narayan Vyas, Health Minister, Gujarat says, "We are not on the backfoot. Just due to some dubious pharmaceutical companies and their blunders, Gujarat's pharma industry cannot earn a dubious distinction. Those who are at fault, will not be spared."
Meanwhile in Modasa, the epicentre of the outbreak, striking doctors and chemists went back to work, after the government threatened action and refused to withdraw cases against their colleagues.
The biggest challenge for the state Health Department at this time is to ensure all the reused and repacked injection syringes lying in thousands of medical stores across Gujarat are identified and confiscated before those are resold to patients.
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