Goa: 5 MBBS interns rusticated after ganja found in GMC hostel

Drugs were found from the five interns from the Boys Hostel by an on-duty guard, GMCH Dean Dr Shivanand Bandekar told PTI. 

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"Three days ago, the five had arrived at the hostel in a drunken state. When they were checked, ganja was found. The consignment was seized and the local police outpost was alerted," he said.

Bandekar alleged Agacaim police was initially reluctant to accept the complaint but later agreed after the intervention of senior officials, including the state health secretary.

State Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said he had asked the GMCH dean to issue a show cause notice to the hostel warden in the matter.

"5 interns who were found with possession of drugs at GMC hostel campus will be rusticated, directions have been given to Dean of @GoaGmc in this matter. I have also instructed him to issue a show cause notice to the Warden and carry out a detailed investigation in this regard" Rane tweeted.

Bandekar told TOI that he has rusticated all five interns with immediate effect. "We will not tolerate such incidents," he said.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier published that Drugmaker, Glenmark Pharma, has recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has issued Form 483 with five observations after an inspection at the Company's formulation manufacturing facility based out of Goa, India.

An FDA Form 483 is issued to firm management at the conclusion of an inspection when an investigator(s) has observed any conditions that in their judgment may constitute violations of the Food Drug and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act and related Acts.