The substandard antibody vaccines called ‘Immunoglobin’ used for nervous patients and ‘Retoxy Map’ used for sick patients, which were forged and distributed to government hospitals from the loan money given under the Indian loan scheme, are not in a suitable condition to even come close to a human body. Deputy Solicitor General Miss Lakmin Girihagama informed Maligakanda Magistrate Ms. Lochani Abeywickrama that the expert medical committee appointed to investigate the matter had been reported. Sri Lanka Latest News
In a situation where the Drug Regulatory Authority has informed that they are not able to test the drugs they have provided, how can they say that the drugs they have provided to the Ministry of Health are inferior? Sugath Janaka Fernando, the owner of the company ‘Ausulate Biotech Pharma’, who has been remanded for importing inferior medicines, said this when the Deputy Solicitor who appeared on behalf of the Attorney General for the prosecution was questioned in the open court.
The complaint was called regarding committing fraud of crores of rupees and putting the patient’s life in an unsafe condition by importing substandard antibody vaccine called ‘Immunoglobin’ which is used for neurological patients and distributing it to the government hospitals of the island by preparing fake documents from the loan money given under the Indian loan scheme. Deputy Solicitor General Lakmini Girihagama said so.
