Haryana Health and Family Welfare Minister, Sh. Anil Vij said that in view of various irregularities, the Food and Drug Administration Department has taken stern action against Metro Heart Institute with Multispecialty Blood Centre ….
In view of various irregularities, the Food and Drug Administration Department has taken stern action against a Blood Centre- Health Minister
License of M/s Metro Heart Institute with Multispecialty Blood Centre (A Unit of Metro Specialty Hospitals Pvt Ltd), Faridabad suspended for a period of 3 months
Chandigarh, March 16- Haryana Health and Family Welfare Minister, Sh. Anil Vij said that in view of various irregularities, the Food and Drug Administration Department has taken stern action against Metro Heart Institute with Multispecialty Blood Centre (A Unit of Metro Specialty Hospitals Pvt Ltd), Sector 16, Faridabad, and its license number 681-B (H) has been suspended for a period of 3 months from March 16 to June 15, 2022.
Sh. Vij informed that this Blood Centre will not be operational for collection, storage and processing, sale or distribution, including apheresis procedures of human blood and its components during the suspension period. In addition, this Centre can also transfer whole human blood and its components under prescribed storage conditions to other licensed blood centres having facilities for monitoring the distribution of blood and storage under the supervision of Senior Drug Control Officer, Faridabad.
Action taken on a complaint received by the Health Minister
Sh. Vij said that he had received a complaint from one person, namely Tarun Chopra, about M/s Metro Heart Institute with Multispecialty Blood Centre. He directed State Drugs Controller, Sh. Manmohan Taneja to take action on the complaint. After this, State Drugs Controller, Sh. Manmohan Taneja requested Deputy Drugs Controller (India), Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (North Zone), Ghaziabad to depute one of his officers for joint inspection. After this the team of Deputy Drug Controller (India), Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (North Zone), Ghaziabad conducted a joint inspection at the Blood Centre on December 21, 2021 in which the then Senior Drugs Control Officer, Faridabad Sh. Rakesh Dhahiya and Drug Inspector, Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (North Zone), Sh. Suresh Kalwaniya were present. During the joint inspection, this team has found various deficiencies and irregularities in the Blood Centre.
The Health Minister said that as per the records found during the inspection, various functions of the Blood Centre, including Blood donation and platelet apheresis have been done without the supervision of a Medical Officer. Records/registers filled at the time of the procedures carried out were not found during the inspection.
Similarly, the labels pasted on most of the blood units were not filled properly i.e. collection date/collected/expiry date etc. were missing. Likewise, the expiry of platelet concentrate has been found to be fixed for six days instead of five days.
No one will be allowed to play with peoples’ health in the State – Sh. Vij
Sh. Vij said that no one will be allowed to play with peoples’ health in the State. Sh. Vij said that he has directed the State Drug Controller to investigate and inspect all the Blood Centres in the State in coordination with the nodal officers of the central agencies if any irregularities or violations are found in any blood Centre. So, strict action will be taken against such Blood Centres.
No. IPRDH/2022
Also See: