Untested Insulin, vaccine vials on sale in medical shops

Kochi, 4 Nov: In a major revelation of the precarious state of health care system in the state, the insulin vials and vaccines for children is found to be on sale without being subjected to necessary quality checks. Lack of a proper machinery to conduct quality check in the state drugs control department is cited as the reason for this negligence. The revelation is made by the drugs control division of the state in its reply to a query sought through RTI on standards of quality of drugs sold in the state. Most of the machines used for the quality checks at the testing lab of the state drugs control department in Thiruvananthapuram has long since become dysfunctional. There is also an acute shortage of equipment for conducting basic quality tests.

Manorama Online