She also asked the Medical Superintendent to review stock of life-saving drugs which are used in emergency situations quite often.
As per the letter, Chandralekha's husband recently developed severe urticaria all over the body after consuming some drugs from the hospital's store.
As his condition worsened, he was prescribed heavy doses of anti-allergic drugs. The treatment went on for five days.
“Despite giving such heavy doses of anti-allergic drugs, response to the treatment was not satisfactory, rather negligible,” she said in her letter.
In view of this, the treatment was reviewed and it was decided to stop one of the tablets and change the brand and a new drug was purchased from the market, she said, adding that after that his condition started showing improvement.
“The problem could be detected just because we are living on the campus with a pool of doctors around us, watching patients personally,” Chandralekha said.
She also said that “such spurious life-saving drugs should be withdrawn and banned immediately.”
