Costly cancer injections missing from Delhi govt hospital
Four vials of an expensive cancer drug, Nimotuzumab, have been reported missing from the Delhi State Cancer Institute. Police have registered an FIR as the hospital faces scrutiny over its inventory management and potential medicine theft.
Why it matters
The theft of life-saving medication from a public hospital highlights critical gaps in healthcare infrastructure and security in India.
NEW DELHI: At least four vials of an expensive cancer drug have allegedly gone missing from Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI), Delhi govt’s only cancer hospital. Hospital sources have also reported disappearance of several units of Sofosbuvir, an antiviral medicine, though the drug has not been mentioned in the police complaint.Police registered an FIR at GTB Enclave police station Monday following a complaint from hospital authorities. “We suspect one vial of the injection could cost around Rs 4 lakh,” police sources said. A senior health official, however, claimed, “The drug costs around Rs 35,000 to Rs 50,000 each. But that is also not less.”According to the complaint filed by Dr Pankaj Tyagi, associate professor and pharmacy in-charge at DSCI, four vials of Nimotuzumab injection, each containing 50mg, had allegedly gone missing from a refrigerator in the chemo daycare department.
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