Diluted blood supplied to patients at blood bank in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, , May, 2016, 

Koti Maternity Hospital blood bank in Hyderabad is being served notices for involving in supplying of diluted blood to the patients. The incident of diluted blood being supplied from the government blood bank came into light after a relative of the patient lodged a complaint with the police, after the paramedical staff rejected the blood packets as infected and diluted. 

Having learned this, the police have served notices to the authorities of Koti Maternity Hospital and have asked for detailed explanation about the incident. According to sources from the hospital, Narendra Prasad is working as a lab technician since past 3 years on outsourcing basis. Having learned of the spurious blood related issue, the Drug Inspectors have swung into action and are further investigating into the matter to find out more details. “The blood bank technician at the Koti Maternity Hospital used to procure blood donated at the hospitals and mix it with saline and attach the labels of some private blood banks and sold it to the gullible patients. After receiving the complaint we have issued notice to the blood bank and further investigating into the matter,” said a senior officer at TSDCA. The technician is currently absconding and the police have started raiding the houses of Narendra Prasad to find out more evidence against his wrongful acts risking the lives of patients. However, the police and Drug Inspectors upon further raids at Koti Maternity Hospital and at the residence of Narendra Prasad have found fake bill books of other private blood banks and also collected the samples of diluted blood stored at the Maternity Hospital. 

“We are studying all the bill books in detail to trace out more information as to which are the patients being supplied with the spurious blood and from where this blood is being procured from. We are also investigating into the fact that how many hospitals have used this adulterated blood and if there are any cases of rejections being registered at those hospitals,” informed the senior Drugs Controller. The Drug Control Department authorities have collected more than 15 samples from the Maternity Hospital and have sent it for testing for their quality. However the Drug Inspectors believe that in all the samples the dilution must not be as high as it was into sample that has been received by the complainant. Because of this reason the earlier instances of dilution might have not been reported, opined the investigating officer. 

The drug control administration has asked all the government blood banks to strictly monitor the blood for quality on regular basis. Similarly, an alert has also been given to private blood banks to verify all the details of their blood sales. drugscontrol.org