Test finds 1 of 3 Jodhpur I V samples contaminated

One of the three samples of intravenous fluids from Jodhpurs Umaid Hospital has tested positive for bacterial contamination.

One of the three samples of intravenous fluids from Jodhpurs Umaid Hospital has tested positive for bacterial contamination. Samples of the IV fluids suspected to have been responsible for the deaths of 17 pregnant women at the hospital since February 13 were sent to the Central Drug Lab in Kolkata on February 23.

The result of the test came as another pregnant woman number 17 succumbed to excessive bleeding in Jodhpur on Monday.

Rajasthan Health Minister Aimaudin Ahmed confirmed that the reports of the Kolkata lab had been released this evening.

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Of the three samples sent,one tested positive for bacterial endotoxins and failed the drug sterility test, Ahmed said. The licences of the two suppliers of drugs from Jodhpur,Anshul Pharma and Rentographics Pharma,have been revoked and prosecution against the drug manufacturer Parentral Surgical India Ltd will now begin.

Ahmed said doctors at Umaid Hospital had tested samples from three batches of five per cent dextrose and ringer lactate fluids manufactured by Parentral Surgical India Ltd on February 21 after the deaths of 12 pregnant women.

According to the hospital,samples from batches 0002,0007 and 0077 tested positive for bacterial contamination. According to the report from the Kolkata lab,batch 0077 tested positive for bacterial contamination, Ahmed said.

Senior health officials said that samples sent for testing to Jaipurs SMS Hospital too had returned positive results for bacterial contamination.

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