Islamabad- About 10000 injections developed by Punjab University (PU)
for treatment of Hepatitis-C have gone redundant, due to negligence of
provincial and federal governments.
The government has shifted
all the burden of this scam to the shoulders of former PPP led
government. PU medical experts had developed 100000 injections for cure
of Hepatitis-C at the cost of Rs 7 million, but these have gone time
barred while lying in stores, due to non-granting of permission
by ministry of health and regulation for conducting laboratory test.
PU Molecular Biology department worked out plan to develop cheap
Interferon injection for treatment of Hepatitis C and funds were also
provided to the experts of the respective department. The said injection
was developed within the span of 5 years time. The permission was
sought from federal ministry for health and regulation for laboratory
test of these injections. This application was kept unattended in
Islamabad secretariat, for two years. These 100000 injections which were
prepared for poor patients were wasted, for want of permission by the
then minister of health Ejaz Jakhrani and secretary health Khushnood
Lashari.
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