Health Bulletin 23/October/2023

Here are the top health stories for the day:

Procuring Rs 650 Remdesivir at Rs 1568 during pandemic: FIR against pharma company Mylan for alleged Rs 6 crore fraud

The City's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Mylan Laboratories and other parties for supplying BMC with Remdesivir vials at an inflated price during the COVID pandemic, resulting in a loss of Rs 5.96 crore.

Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the city in 2021, BMC had issued tenders to acquire antiviral drug Remdesivir injections. In the initial tender given to Mylan Laboratories, they were supposed to provide 40,000 vials at a rate of Rs 650 per vial but only delivered 31,000 vials.

Subsequently, a second tender was awarded to the same company for 2 lakh vials, but this time the cost per vial was Rs 1,568, and the gap between the two orders was just two weeks. However, only 65,000 vials were received in the second order. The EOW is currently investigating the missing vials and the total payment made to the supplier. Additionally, they are looking into the significant price difference within such a short timeframe.

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Procuring Rs 650 Remdesivir At Rs 1568 During Pandemic: FIR Against Pharma Company Mylan For Alleged Rs 6 Crore Fraud

Nagpur: Man’s heart beats after 45-min CPR

On the morning of August 25, a 38-year-old man experienced a cardiac arrest and was without a heartbeat for over an hour. After spending 45 days in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), he was discharged on October 13, which is being referred to as a miraculous recovery.

Attention DNB, DrNB candidates and aspirants: NBE announces major changes in process of payment of course fee

Announcing major changes in the process of fee payment by doctors for various National Board of Examination (NBE) courses, including DNB, DrNB, FNB as well as Diploma courses, the NBE has informed that it will charge only the fee for the first year, while the remaining fee has to be directly paid to the institution.

With this, the NATBOAD has changed its earlier practice of fee collection, where it collected the fee for all years of training in one go, and transferred the fee thereafter to the participating institutions. NBE has also updated the modalities of fee payment by candidates who are already enrolled in NBEMS courses as well as in-service candidates.

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Attention DNB, DrNB Candidates And Aspirants: NBE Announces Major Changes In Process Of Payment Of Course Fee

Bladder injury caused by Suprapubic Catheterization done by Junior Resident: Hospital, Surgeon slapped compensation

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has upheld the decision of District Forum holding a Ludhiana Hospital vicariously liable for the acts of negligence on the part of a junior doctor(3rd year Resident, General Surgery) and a Professor, (Dept of General Surgery) in treating a Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) patient, who eventually died due to interruption in Chemotherapy session and later explorative laparotomy.

Concluding medical negligence, the Forum had directed the Hospital and the two doctors to pay a compensation of Rs 3 lakh to the deceased patient's wife.

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Bladder Injury Caused By Suprapubic Catheterization Done By Junior Resident: Hospital, Surgeon Slapped Compensation