"Only 10% Orders Placed": Drug Body's Big Charge After Maharashtra Hospital Deaths

Enough medicine orders were not placed to meet the drug demand of government hospitals in Maharashtra, alleged a drug's body after an acute medicine shortage led to a hospital tragedy in the state.

Haffkine Biopharmaceutical placed only 12 orders this year against the usual annual average of up to 2,000 orders to supply medicines to medical colleges and government hospitals, said Abhay Pandey, President, All Food and Drug License Holders Foundation.

The explosive charge comes after 31 patients died in a span of 48 hours in a government hospital in Nanded.