LAHORE: Sept 29: The Punjab government has notified suspension of 11 drug inspectors for showing inefficiency in Avastin injection spiral case, but did not take any notice against Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) which is equally responsible of eye vision damage tragedy in the province and the doctors who prescribed unregistered and unverified Avastin injection in half of the Punjab. The provincial government of Mohsin Naqvi also did not take action against two key characters of the tragedy—the management and board of directors (BoDs) of Saira Memorial Hospital Lahore and those eye specialists who prescribed diluted Avastin injection for treatment of eye disease in the province.
Saira Memorial Hospital Lahore and the doctors who prescribed un-registered and unverified diluted Avastin injection are the real culprits of the case which is feared to deprive thousands of Pakistanis of their vision.
For information of caretaker chief minister of Punjab, Mr Naqvi, the entire dirty action of delusion of Austin injections has taken place at Saira Memorial Hospital Lahore whose two low ranker –dispensers– have been nabbed by the police in connection with Austin injection tragedy. In the entire process of investigation, there is no mention of Saira Memorial Hospital Lahore’s management and BoDs. The action taken so for and arrest of two dispensers show that the entire dirty activity of delusion of Austin injections and their sale in many districts of the Punjab was done by only two arrested dispensers ,
Again since all committees are headed by the doctors, there is no reference to take action against those doctors who prescribed this unregistered injection for eye treatment. PHC can not and should not simple go scot-free in this case. It’s a big tragedy which may result in vision loss of thousands of Pakistanis. No doubt, the drug controllers posted in the area which are hit by the tragedy have shown criminal inefficiency and law should take its course against all of them, but it’s also important that the Punjab government fixes-up PHC top officials including chairman , Justice (R) Bilal Khan for utter criminal negligence in this case.
The drugs controllers whose suspension in Avastin injection case has been notified by the Punjab government included Daniyal Elahi Cheema (Ex-drugs controller Allama Iqbal Town Lahore) , Sher Mohammad Zaman (Drugs controller Allama Town Lahore), Rana Mohmmad Shahid (Ex deputy drugs controller Gulberg Town Lahore, Ms Atia Nawaz drugs controller Jhang , Mohammad Ali Raza (Drugs controller Bahawalpur), Ameer Shahid (Drugs controller Rahim Yar Khan, Furrukh Saleem (Deputy drugs controller Rahim Yar Khan), Sanaullah Saif (Drug controllers Kasur), Rao Sajid Irshad (Ex-drugs controller Bahawalnagar), Amjad Farooq (Deputy drugs controller Bahawalpur and Rana Mohammad Akram (Drug controller Khanewal).
Noor Mahar president Pakistan Pharmacists Association , calls Avastin injection tragedy as a national tragedy and demands action against its characters including PHC chief , Justice (R) Bilal Khan.