There has been some fuss over outpatients of a hospital in India’s West Bengal recently being given medicines branded “property of the government of Bangladesh”.
The incident was reported from a hospital at Contai municipality in Purba Medinipur district on Tuesday, reports Deutsche Welle.
One of the medicines handed to some of the outpatients was the antibiotic oxycycline manufactured by the state-owned Essential Drugs Company Ltd, and the blister packs had “Property of the Bangladesh government; not for sale” inscribed on them.
Moreover, there was no expiry date on the packaging.
Amid questions about the medicines, West Bengal’s Department of Health and Family Welfare cleared up the confusion on Wednesday, saying that the medicines were authorized for use and there was nothing illegal going on.
Department chief Ajay Chakraborty said the foreign ministry of Bangladesh had sent the medicines to India.
Later, an agency of the centre sent them to West Bengal on June 3 last year, following which the state government distributed them among some district hospitals on June 5 and June 7, he added.