Everything inferior in SL ! - Earlier fuel ; Now drugs imported by Maithri-bala (inferior Health Minister)

Everything inferior in SL ! - Earlier fuel ; Now drugs imported by Maithri-bala (inferior Health Minister)

(Lanka-e-News -02.Sep.2012, 6.00PM) It is a widely known fact that the Health Minister Maithribala Sirisena made loud and proud announcements that during his tenure of office , no inferior quality drugs had been imported. But , now it has been proved without any doubt that 67 varieties of drugs of low quality had been got down during this year alone under his Ministry. Therefore the Minister is a blatant and shameless liar, as revealed by Jayantha Bandara , the Secretary of the Senaka Bibile memorial Organization .

Bandara stated that , according to the drug analysis reports , already this year alone , 67 sub standard drugs had been imported , and they have been dispensed through the Hospitals to the patients, whereby the patients are facing inevitable grave life risks . While this vacuous Minister Maithri bala is waxing eloquent about his efficiency , the whole country has come to know of his true deficiencies , and the substandard drugs (bala drugs) that were imported during this year until July 2012 for which he is fully responsible . The list of substandard drugs imported are given hereunder :

3 varieties in January
13 varieties in February
9 varieties in March
4 varieties in April
7 varieties in May
16 varieties in June
15 varieties in July.

There are also details of the substandard drugs imported during the other months , but we furnish below only 15 varieties of substandard drugs got down by loud mouthed substandard Minister Maithri bala in July alone:

Quality Defects in Pharmaceuticals Reported During the month of July 2012
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01. Cefuroxime for Injection 750mg - Swiss Parenterals Pvt. Ltd, India. - Presence of a piece of glass inside a reconstituted vial
02. Calcium gluconate Injection 10% - Star Drugs & Research Labs Ltd, - India. - Presence of visible particles in intact ampoules
03. Cephalexin Oral Suspension - Kaushik Therapeutics, India - Contents do not dissolve properly
04. Chlorpheniramine Tablets - Nestor Pharmaceuticals Ltd, - India. - Failure in the tests for related substances & friability
05. Cloxacillin Injection 250mg - Makcur Laboratories, India. - Failure in the test for water; sealing defects, presence of foreign objects in reconstituted vials
06. Coamoxyclav for Injection 1.2G - AMN Life Sciences, India. - Failure in the test for water
07. Coamoxyclav for Injection 1.2G Ranbaxy Laboratories, India. - Failure in the tests for assay & water
08. Domperidone Oral Suspension 5mg/5ml, 100ml - Unijules Life Sciences Ltd, India. - Failure in the tests for microbial contamination
09. Glucose Injection 50%, 50ml - Nirma Ltd, India. - Presence of visible particles
10. Glyceryl trinitrate Tablets 500mcg Actavis, United Kingdom - Failure in the test for disintegration
11. Isopropyl Alcohol - Safe House, Kalutara, Sri Lanka. - Failure in the test for identification
12. Metformin Tablets 500mg - Venus International, India. - Deviation from definition (uncoated tablets)
13. Phenoxymethylpenicillin Tablets 250mg - Arvind Remedies Ltd, India. - Failure in the test for friability; tablet defects
14. Povidone-Iodine Solution 10% - Central Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, India. - Failure in the test for assay
15. Vincristine sulfate Injection 1mg - Naprod Lifesciences, India. - Shrinkage of lyophilized mass; almost empty vials
It is specially noteworthy that all these inferior drugs had been imported from India. Many of these drugs meant for Diabetes, High blood pressure , respiratory ailments, cancer, Asthma, mental ailments , emergency medications, essential antibiotics and several others had already been dispensed .

In addition , syringes, Catheter, Cotton, Gauze, and other pharmaceutical equipments including medical stitching requirements , which are all substandard had been distributed and used on patients. The patients’ recovery notwithstanding , their lives are definitely at stake. Moreover , the patients are going to lose financially too.
Because of these substandard antibiotics, the patients are facing long term risks by their use, as they are being exposed to other multiple bacterial infections , which can eventually make this country most infection ridden, and disease abounding .

The Secretary of the Senaka Bibile memorial Organization , therefore said , it is very evident that there is a huge illicit Commission motive sacrificing national health and interests of the patients behind these substandard drug import , for the Health Minister Maithribala had so far not taken any action against any of the pharmaceutical Companies that are involved in these rackets.