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MEERUT: Two male staff nurses of a prominent private hospital in Meerut were arrested on Saturday for allegedly trying to sell Remdesivir injection allotted to a patient who never got it and died due to Covid-19 a few days ago for Rs 32,000 in the "open market". The medicine, which costs about Rs 900-Rs 2000, was put up for auction and the winning bid was Rs 25,000. But unknown to the duo, it was placed by cops pretending to be distressed relatives of a patient.
The patient, Shobhit Jain, was to be administered the injection due to his critical condition. He got three doses but the fourth was pocketed by the two nurses. And when Jain died, they started looking for customers. Bids were invited and the deal was finally struck at Rs 25,000. Just that the buyers were local policemen who had laid the trap.