Drip with fungus administered at JN

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Drip with fungus administered at JN

Source: The Sangai Express

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E-Pao.net - Manipur,India

Imphal, April 30: With the case of a child admitted to JN Hospital

being administered Electrolyte (P) infested with fungus and which

was purchased from a local chemist shop coming to light, there is

serious apprehension whether sub-standard and fungus grown

Electrolyte (P) drips are being brought in for sale from outside

Manipur.

The Electrolyte (P) drip is essential young children who are

suffering from Diarrhoea and vomiting so as to prevent further

weakening of their body system and to avoid dehydration.

The fungus infested Electrolyte bottles which were found being

administered to a child suffering from diarrhoea at JN Hospital

On receiving the information, The Sangai Express met the child

patient who is undergoing treatment at the children ward of JN

Hospital and saw the Electrolyte (P) drip bottles having some white

substances floating inside.

Similar substances were also detected inside the Electrolyte bottles

being sold at the same chemist shop from where the alleged fungus

grown Electrolyte (P) drips have been purchased.

Coming close on the heels of the recent incident of condom and

insects being found inside Pepsi and Sprite bottles, the sale of

fungus grown Electrolyte (P) drips, has become a cause of concern

among the parents having young children.

According to a doctor of the JN Hospital, the fungus grown

Electrolyte (P) drip can cause infection to the child.

If it is not highly pathogenic, then nothing might happen.

Hospital source said no complication has been seen on the child as

of now.

One and half year old Oinam Boxer of Khurai Chingangbam Leikai was

admitted to Bed no.13 in the Children Ward of the JN Hospital as he

was suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting.

At the advice of the doctors attending on the ailing child to

administer Electrolyte (P) drips, the Family members purchased the

five bottles of the same from 'Medi House' located near the Hospital.

The attending nurses had already injected three bottles without

noticing the presence of foreign particles inside the medicine

bottles, as there was not sufficient light at that relevant time.

But when the fourth Electrolyte drip was being administered today,

they noticed some white substances floating inside the bottle.

The matter was promptly reported to the doctors and the said drip

was removed immediately.

Electrolyte (P) Drip is manufactured by Mount Meteur Pharmaceutical

Limited based at Tamil Nadu.

The manufacturing date printed on the bottles is November 2005 and

the expiry date is April 2007.The batch number is EP05.142 and

priced at Rs 45.On inspecting the other bottles of the Electrolyte

(P) drip being sold at Medi House, from where the five bottles were

reportedly purchased, The Sangai Express saw similar white

substances floating of varying sizes floating inside.

A staff manning the chemist shop said they brought the Electrolyte

bottles from another suppliers.

Such fungus grown Electrolytes have been detected in the passed and

were send back to the manufacturing company, he added.