A.P. receives 82,000 vials of Remdesivir

Andhra Pradesh has acquired 82,000 vials of Remdesivir injections within the second part. In the primary part, 60,000 vials had been allotted to the State, stated the Drug Control Administration (DCA) officers.

“The Remdesivir stock has been allotted for the period between May 1 and 9. So far, the Centre has allotted 1.42 lakh vials of Remdesivir to the State during the second wave of the pandemic,” stated DCA Director General (DG) S. Ravi Shankar Narayan.

With the incidents of misuse and black advertising of Remdesivir injections, the State authorities is supplying the shares to the notified COVID hospitals and monitoring the inventory of Remdesivir and oxygen at varied hospitals.

Mr. Ravi Shankar Narayan advised The Puucho that Remdesivir injections had been being allotted primarily based on the indents submitted by the hospital managements on their day by day requirement. All measures are being taken to forestall the unlawful sale of Remdesivir. Special groups have been constituted in all districts to test the misuse of the vials, he stated.

“The teams comprising of the officials of DCA, Vigilance and Enforcement and Health Department visited some hospitals in Visakhapatnam, Prakasam, Nellore, Guntur and other districts. They verified the case sheets, stock position, and interacted with the attendants of the patients undergoing treatment,” Mr. Ravi Shankar stated.

Vigilance and Enforcement Director General K.V. Rajendranath Reddy stated appearing on complaints, raids had been carried out on COVID hospitals within the State.

“Cases have been registered under the Section 188 and 120 of the IPC, and Section 51 of the Disaster Management Act after some irregularities were found in a few hospitals. We aim at facilitating the supply of Remdesivir to the needy patients and prevent black marketing, not harassing any person,” Mr. Reddy stated.