5 doctors at Midnapore Medical College Hospital issued show-cause notices over expired saline

Kolkata: Five Medical Officers at Midnapore Medical College and Hospital in West Midnapore district of West Bengal have been issued show-cause notices over alleged medical negligence following the administration of expired saline to a cardiac patient.

An insider from the state health department said the five Medical Officers who have been slapped with the show-cause notices include the additional superintendent, assistant superintendent, store in-charge, sister-in-charge and a lady nursing officer attached to the Midnapore Medical College & Hospital, news agency IANS reported.

The incident took place when a senior citizen and a resident of Vidyasagar Pally area in Midnapore town in the district was admitted to the Midnapore Medical College and Hospital on July 5 morning. On being diagnosed with a cardiac attack, she was kept under observation and also administered saline.

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According to the patient's son, his mother started complaining of burning sensations in her chest from July 5 afternoon. Thereafter, it came to the notice of some medical staff that the saline that the senior citizen was administered had reportedly expired in March this year.

The matter was reported to the state health department, which immediately took action, and a team of five Medical Officers was rushed to the Midnapore Medical College & Hospital on the same evening.

A delegation from the state health department had a meeting with the superintendent and principal of the said medical college and hospital and started a detailed inquiry into the matter. Thereafter, they submitted a report to the state health department based on their findings in the matter.

Based on the inquiry report, the state health department found the five Medical Officers attached to the said medical college and hospital guilty of gross negligence of duty and slapped show-cause notices on them, reports IANS.

To recall, a similar controversy surfaced over Midnapore Medical College & Hospital administering expired saline on lactating mothers in 2025 during the Mamata Banerjee regime.

Now again, a similar controversy has surfaced there during the Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari-led government, and the state health department has taken prompt action in the matter.

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