Overcharging Chemists on PGI radar

He said two decisions have been taken: First, the entire upkeep of the UPS battery systems backup has been handed over to the biomedical division; second, UPS batteries being identified as the hotspot are being shifted from the premises to safer places or at the edge of the buildings so that the smoke goes out in case of fire.

About the report submitted by the constituted committee regarding both the fire incidents, he said, “It’s nothing less than a miracle that despite a massive fire, 424 patients, mostly from ICU and labour room, were evacuated without even a scratch to them.

“It goes to the credit of the gritty and alert PGI team that they made the unthinkable happen. But miracles don’t happen every time, so we have already initiated the audit of potential hotspots and are committed to upgrade and strengthen the number of fire extinguishers, sprinklers and other latest fire-fighting equipment within a timeline of three months to avert any such mishap in the future,” he said.

On overcharging of medicines by some chemists, the PGIMER Director said, “We will do anything and everything for patient's care. So a committee has been constituted to verify the complaints and accordingly suitable action will be taken against the errant chemists. For us at PGIMER, patient's well-being is supreme and we cannot tolerate any compromise on that.”