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Remdesivir vials go missing in Salem

Remdesivir vials go missing in Salem

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Salem:07.05.2021

Police here have initiated an inquiry with doctors and nurses of Salem Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital (SGMKMCH) on Thursday evening after the hospital management lodged the complaint with them about 29 Remdesivir vials missing from the hospital.

According to a senior doctor of the SGMKMCH, a pack of Remdesivir injections, being used for Covid-19 treatment, was kept with the staff nurse on Tuesday night. “The next morning, the nurse reported to the hospital management that the vials were found missing,” the doctor said. He also said that the hospital management, after conducting an inquiry with doctors and nurses of the Covid-19 care centre, was not able to find how the vials went disappeared.

Hospital dean Dr R Murugesan then lodged the complaint with Salem GH police, who forwarded it to Shevapet police.

An official from Shevapet police said, “We also were checking the CCTV footage that is functioning on the hospital premises.”

IN DEMAND: Police are scanning CCTV footage at the Covidcare centre in Salem to find out how the Remdesivir vials went missing

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