An Injection Vial Contained Piece Of Glass Sent For A Lab Test

An Injection Vial contained a Piece of Glass was found from the Rathnapura Base Hospital outside the Colombo yesterday and the Vial was sent to the National Drugs Quality Assurance Laboratory for a Test The Ministry of Health said.The Results of the Test is scheduled to be handover to the Director of the National Drug Authority Dr.Hemantha Beneragama by today.

Meanwhile using of around 25,000 Injection Vials belongs to the Batch of the Contaminated Injection Vial distributed to the Government Hospitals are temporarily banned for using Ministry has announced.The Injection Vial which is widely used in Government Hospitals is imported from India and Supplied to the Hospitals through  the Medical Supplies Division(MSD).