Another Twelve Contaminated Injection Vials And Saline Bottle Found From Two Hospitals

Yet another Contaminated Stock of Injection Vials and a Saline Bottle contained a Piece of Plastic were found from Two Government Hospitals today(26).Twelve Injection Vials of Discolored Anti Venom Serum which prescribed for Patients with Snake Bites and two Varieties of Injection Vials prescribed for Chicken Pox Patients were found from Anuradhapura General Hospital of the North Western Province and a Saline Bottle contained  a Piece of Plastic was found from the Ambilipitiya Base Hospital in the Sabaragamuwa Province.

The Batches of contaminated Anti Venom Serum and Chicken Pox Injection Vials were  removed by the Medical Supplies Division soon after they were found and No action is taken for the Batch of Saline Bottles distributed to the Hospitals belongs to the Plastic Piece contained Saline Bottle found today according to the Health Sources.Meanwhile the Government Medical Officers Association said that the recovering of these contaminated Injection Vials along with Four other Contaminated Vials recovered by last week raised a question mark on the quality of the Injection Vials imported for Government Hospitals.

The Ministry Of Health said that the Batches of contaminated Injection Vials were removed from the Hospitals.However the Ministry Officials are not available for comment on the Plastic Piece contained Saline Bottle.