Sterilisation botch-up: FDA seals drug unit, bans sale of products across Chhattisgarh

AIIMS doctors inspect one of the victims of Chhattisgarh’s Sterlisation tragedy, at a hospital in Bilaspur on Wednesday.

“We have suspended sale and supply of products of the company across the state and directives have been issued to chemists and drug suppliers in this connection,” Gupta said.

During the raid, a significant quantity of drugs were found burnt at the premises of Mahawar Pharma and a detailed report in this connection will be given to higher authorities, official sources in the drugs control department said.

Notably, Chhattisgarh government has already suspended the sale of six drugs used in tubectomy surgeries at separate government-organised sterilisation camps in Bilaspur district which claimed the lives of 13 women and left nearly 100 ill.

CM Raman Singh meets patients and relatives after a botched sterilization operation at a government camp left eight women dead and 30 others critical in Bilaspur. (Source: PTI photo)

These drugs are – tablets Ibrufen-400, tablets Ciprocin-500, injection Lignocaine and Lignocaine HCL, absorbent cotton wool and Zielone lotion.

“The samples of the medicines used in sterilisation surgeries will be sent to the Central Drugs Testing Laboratory Kolkata, as we suspect them to be sub-standard,” a senior government official said.