Kanpur: Panel suggests action against nurse, pharmacist

KANPUR: A three-member committee of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial (GSVM) medical college on Monday recommended that sister-in charge of Covid hospital, Manjulika Mishra, and pharmacist Nagendra Bajpayi be suspended after they were found accused of involvement in the Remdesivir injections scam at Lala Lajpat Rai hospital where injections were allegedly issued in the name of dead Covid-19 patients.
Besides, a show cause notice has been issued to eight other nursing staff members.
Principal GSVM medical college Dr RB Kamal told reporters here on Tuesday that the three-member committee had sent the recommendation for suspension of sister-in charge of Covid hospital Manjulika Mishra and pharmacist Nagendra Bajpayi to him. The committee had also served a show cause notice to eight nursing staff. “For further action, we had submitted the probe report to the district authorities.”
To recall, a major scam had surfaced, wherein Remdesivir injections were allegedly issued in the name of dead Covid-19 patients during the second wave of Corona at the GSVM medical college-run LLR hospital.
The alleged scam, which was operational during the second wave of Covid-19 at LLR, involved its nursing staff.
It was alleged that the injections were removed from the store by the staffers.
The injections were issued in the name of at least two dead patients, including a woman who died of Covid-19. As per the prescription issued by the doctor, the female patient died on May 22 but Remdesivir injections were issued in her name on May 26.
Subsequently, a three-member committee comprising CMS LLR Dr Jyoti Saxena, Dr Arun Kumar Arya, professor paediatric department and chief pharmacist Rajendra Singh Patel was formed to probe the scam.
Similar allegations came to fore on April 30 when the crime branch busted a racket and nabbed four persons - two members of LLR hospital nursing staff and a private hospital employee.
The arrests were made after a sting operation was done by a cop posted at the Kakadeo police station. The cop, who approached the accused as a decoy customer, managed to strike a deal with the accused for Rs 30,000 to Rs 35,000.