Hyderabad: Expired medicines found at Rasulpura Basthi Dawakhana

During a visit to Rasulpura Basthi Dawakhana, BRS spokesperson Manne Krishank discovered expired medicines being issued to patients. Staff cited unpaid salaries, highlighting public health lapses. Krishank urged inspections across all Basthi Dawakhanas in Hyderabad to ensure citizen safety

Hyderabad: A visit to the Basthi Dawakhana at Rasulpura, Secunderabad Cantonment, on Tuesday by official spokesperson of BRS party Manne Krishank has uncovered an incident where patients were allegedly being given expired medicines.

Following a call by BRS working president KT Rama Rao to check Basthi Dawakhanas, Krishank visited the Rasulpura facility.

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“While I was entering the facility, I spotted a woman patient coming out holding a prescription and medicines. She had visited the facility for viral fever. On checking the medicines, I was shocked because they had expired three months ago. I immediately took the old woman to the hospital authorities and confronted them. They were apologetic and said they had no clue how this mistake happened,” he said.

Krishank said the incident highlighted the serious lapses in public health safety and failure of the State Health Department to ensure quality control and monitoring of medicines supplied to urban health centres.

“The caregivers at the Basthi Dawakhana told me they were unaware that the medicines had expired. They also informed us that the staff had not received their salaries for the past five months,” he said.

Krishank stressed the need for the State government to immediately inspect all the Basti Dawakhanas in Hyderabad and ensure that timely medicines are available for the poor. “Such negligence can endanger the lives of citizens who have kept their trust in Basti Dawakhanas”.

The BRS Party will continue inspections across all Basti Dawakhanas to bring out the truth about the deteriorating health infrastructure under the Congress regime, he added.