Don’t politicise maternal deaths; unite to prevent such tragedies
New Indian ExpressTo call the post-natal deaths of five women in the same institution - Ballari Medical College and Research Centre - in a span of a few days “a serious issue”, would be a brazen understatement. It is a tragedy beyond “shocking”, calling into question the capability of the government medical facilities to ensure safe childbirth specifically, and safe health practices in general. Two days before the fifth death occurred, the Karnataka Government wrote to the Drugs Controller General of India, requesting a probe and urging initiation of action against a West Bengal-based pharmaceutical company - Paschim Banga Pharmaceuticals - the manufacturer of the RL solution. The letter from Harsh Gupta, Principal Secretary of the Karnataka’s Health and Family Welfare Department, drew DCGI’s attention to the supply of several batches of “Compound Sodium Lactate Injection I.P ” by Paschim Banga Pharmaceuticals to the Karnataka State Medical Supplies Corporation Limited for consumption in government hospitals through district drug warehouses.
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