The case of Ratanpur Development Block Kota

Ratanpur. Poor patients in need cannot get medicines in government hospitals. At the same time, the health staff is serving medicines in large numbers to improve the health of the garbage dump near Manikanchan Kendra on Korba Bhanwar road. Along with government supplies, there are branded medicines from companies like Cipla, which the government hospital management procures locally from private drug shops to provide free medicines to the poor. Getting medicines in the garbage heap is not timeless either. Many of these drugs have a lifespan of up to October 2024. How a large amount of these drugs reached the Manikanchan centre via garbage vehicles in the city is a matter of Investigation.

The nagar palika parishad collects dry and wet waste from the Houses of various wards of Ratanpur and transports it to Manikanchan Kendra located on the banks of the pond in Korba Bhanwar road. On Tuesday morning, a lot of life-saving medicines and syrups arrived in any of these garbage trains. The woman working there was also surprised to see a lot of medicines and bottles of syrup. Passersby were also informed about the incident. People who arrived at the scene saw drugs and syrups lying in a pile of garbage. The life span of many was set to extend until October 2024.

A social worker brought some clean medicines and bottles of syrup from the pile of garbage and demonstrated it near the Sitaram hotel at the old bus stand. The information was also circulated on social media. The health department also came into action after the information about the medicines of the government hospital was spread in the garbage. The drugs were seized at the old bus stand. It is not known whether a huge amount of drugs have been seized in the garbage dump of the same Manikanchan centre. Now the big question is how did such a large amount of government medicines from the part of the poor reach the garbage heap…?

Gross negligence of the administration

Sanjay Jaiswal, representative of MLA Dr Renu Jogi, said it was a gross negligence of the administration. Such incidents are happening because the distribution of government medicines given to the poor is not properly monitored. Those responsible should be immediately suspended and the matter investigated. Such incidents will continue to occur until there is a tightening in the administration.