Jamnagar hospital takes remdesivir in the name of dead patients

RAJKOT: A private hospital in Jamnagar was detected hoarding remdesivir vials in the names of dead or discharged patients. Revenue officials on Thursday night raided the premises and recovered 22 vials which were not shown in the stock by its administration.
Hospitals have to send patients’ SPo2 reports and other documents to the collector office to get stock of vials.
Sub divisional magistrate (SDM) Aastha Dangar got a request from Swaminarayan hospital located on the on airport road two days ago for a vial in the name of a patient who had incidentally passed away on May 3. However, Dangar granted the vial thinking that it could be a human error. Again, the SDM got another request for vials the next day in the name of the same patient. This time, she asked her staff to randomly call up the patient’s relatives.
Taking to TOI, Dangar said, “We were surprised to find names of patients who had been already discharged post recovery were discharged were being used for getting the vials. Our team went to the hospital to verify the stock and found 22 vials in their possession while their stock report showed zero.” Prima facie, she said, it appears to be a black marketing racket. The SDM then informed the civic body about the irregularity as it issues authorization to Covid hospitals.