The drugs issued by the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Hospital to the patients were found contaminated. The issue came to light on Sunday evening when a staff nurse identified the fungus type material in Pralidoxime Iodide injection.
As news spread, the officials of Drugs Control Administration visited the hospital and inspected the medicines.
Deputy Director of Drugs Control Administration, MLVP Surendranath Sai, told newsmen that during inspections they have found fibrous particulate material (fungus) in Pralidoxime Iodide Injection (PAM) used for treating patients with pesticide or chemical poisoning.
The officer said the contamination in the injections, if administered, would have proved dangerous to the lives of the patients, leading to cardiac arrest. The fibrous material has been found in nearly 45 samples.
The samples were collected and would be sent to laboratory for analysis.
Mr. Surendranath Sai urged individuals and private hospital managements to stop using the injections in case they have procured them, and inform the same to the Drugs Control Administration.
MGM Hospital superintendent B. Karunakar Reddy said they have stopped using the injections.
To ensure the quality of drugs, random inspection of the entire stock of injections and intravenous fluids had been taken up, he said.
According to him, there were no reports of patient suffering due to the use of contaminated injections.
The article was edited for accuracy
