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Telangana doctor’s absence exposes expired drugs at his private hospital
Telangana doctor’s absence exposes expired drugs at his private hospital
A Telangana government doctor’s absence from night duty led health officials to inspect his private hospital, KBR Life Care in Sangareddy district, on August 10. The Hindu reports that nearly 75% of…
The Story in Brief
A Telangana government doctor’s absence from night duty led health officials to inspect his private hospital, KBR Life Care in Sangareddy district, on August 10. The Hindu reports that nearly 75% of laboratory reagents had expired, along with expired drugs and anaesthesia in the operation theatre. Officials found unlabelled syringes, improper biomedical waste segregation, and a mobile ultrasound machine that could be misused for sex determination tests.
The doctor, Deputy Civil Surgeon K. Ramesh, was suspended on August 7 for skipping duty and arranging a private substitute. The operation theatres were closed, and surgical procedures banned until further orders. Separately, a Lokayukta team in Karnataka’s Hungund found 23 expired saline bottles and other lapses, including foul-smelling toilets and a locked ICU at a public hospital.
The Indian Opinion
The Telangana case is not an isolated slip but a window into how private hospitals run by government doctors escape scrutiny. The narrative that public hospitals alone are dysfunctional ignores this: a government doctor’s private facility stocked expired reagents and drugs meant for paying patients. Karnataka’s Lokayukta findings at Hungund confirm that neglect is two-faced. A concrete test will be whether Telangana’s PCPNDT Act action against the ultrasound unit is actually pursued, not just announced. How many similar ‘KBRs’ are still unvisited?
Sources (2): thehindu.com, deccanherald.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
