Some private hospitals creating scare among patients, allege kin

‘They are insisting on authorisation from DMHO for supply of Remdesivir injection’

Attendants of COVID-19 patients are making rounds to the District Medical and Health Officer’s (DMHO’s) office, near Bullayya College to get the authorisation of the official concerned for issue of Remdesivir injection. Some private hospitals are taking undue advantage of the anxiety of the patients and their attendants and creating a scare among them. These hospitals are admitting patients and directing their relatives to get an authorisation from the DMHO for supply of the injection. These hospitals are issuing letters addressed to the district authorities seeking that the Remdesivir injection vials be issued in the name of the patient, giving his/her name and Aadhaar number. The hospital authorities are requesting the officials to issue the drug, through the DMHO, as the patient requires it immediately and it is not available in the open market.