Alleged medicine racket at medical college

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 26. The Kerala Hospital Community Pharmacy Employees' Association has called for a probe by Vigilance or the Crime Branch into the alleged medicine racket centred around the prescription and purchase of costly drugs for surgery patients at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College.

The Association feared that the inquiry by the local police or hospital authorities would not be able to bring out the truth as some big sharks were also involved. Representatives of the Association also met the Health Minister, Mr. V.C. Kabeer, to press the demand for a probe by a competent investigating agency.

The modus operandi was to fabricate prescriptions for expensive drugs ostensibly for surgery patients. The drugs which were purchased from the paying counter were later returned on some premise or the other and reimbursement claimed for the medicines.

When contacted, the Director of Medical Education, Dr. M.S. Subhadra, said that preliminary inquiry reports were inconclusive regarding the existence of an organised racket at the Medical College.

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