Kolkata, January 13 (IANS). Two public interest litigations (PILs) were filed in a division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday over the death of a pregnant woman after she was allegedly given expired Ringer Lactated (RL) saline at Medinipur Medical College and Hospital in West Midnapore district of West Bengal. Were filed.
Calcutta High Court Chief Justice T.S. A division bench of Justice Sivaganam and Justice Hiranmoy Bhattacharya has accepted both the petitions.
The first hearing on PILs will be held on January 16. One of the two PILs has been filed by senior Calcutta High Court advocate Firoz Edulji.
According to the petition, the organization whose saline caused deaths in Karnataka was blacklisted by the state government. The same organization also supplied saline in West Bengal last week, which led to deaths.
Last week, five pregnant women were admitted to Medinipur Medical College and Hospital after they were allegedly given expired saline. One of them, Mamoni Ruidas (25), died on Friday itself. The remaining four were undergoing treatment in the same hospital. Three of them were admitted to the Government SSKM in South Kolkata on Sunday night after their condition deteriorated. Transferred to Medical College and Hospital.
This incident has caused serious concern. The expired RL Saline came from Pascal Bang Pharmaceutical Limited, a company banned first by the Government of Karnataka and later by the Government of West Bengal.
The state health department has formed a 13-member inquiry committee to investigate this matter. The committee will investigate how expired saline was given to the patients.
The inquiry committee will present its report on the matter on Monday and it will be placed before Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the same day.
The incident has reignited concerns about similar cases in the state’s healthcare system. It is noteworthy that recently Kolkata’s R.G. In a case of financial irregularities at Kar Medical College and Hospital, former principal Sandeep Ghosh was accused of promoting the use of expired and ineffective medicines on patients for personal financial gain.
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