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 succumbed to Covid-19 – for Rs 32,000.
The medicine, which costs about Rs 900-Rs 2,000, was put up for auction and the winning bid was Rs 25,000. The bid was, however, placed by cops pretending to be 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 nurses. When Jain died, they started looking for customers.
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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.
Monday, 21 December, 2020, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
Our Bureau, New Delhi As a sequel to the Summit, the 11th CII Food Safety Awards Ceremony was organised to recognise role models and best in class food business operators on food safety excellence and provide a framework for continual improvement.
The glittering Award Ceremony was organized virtually on 18th December 2020. Rita Teaotia, chairperson FSSAI graced the grand occasion.
âIt is heartening to note that despite the pandemic situation, CIIâs Food Safety Award program 2020 went ahead as a Virtual programme while retaining its robust approach in evaluating nominations for awards. I congratulate all winners and applicants who accepted the challenge to compete for the awards despite such difficult times. They are helping to take forward the food safety movement in the country,â said Rita Teaotia , Chairperson FSSAI during her keynote address.