Police nab six people for selling expired Remdesivir injections
By Falguni Lalwani| Updated: 27th April 2021 4:07 pm IST Representational image
Hyderabad: A group of six people on Monday was arrested by Rachakonda police for selling expired Remdesivir injections.
The accused were Lakkisetty Suresh Kumar, a Grade II pharmacist working in AP Medical Services Infrastructure Development Corporation; Dr Ganji Shiva Krishna, Chilukuri Venkat, managing partners of Lifecare Hospitals in Uppal; Karra Suresh Kumar, former MD of Akshara Hospital in BN Reddy Colony; T Chiranjeevi of SS Medical Distributors, Warasiguda and Tulasi Srikanth, a realtor.
The accused were changing the labels from the expired ones to a new date. It was found by a relative of a patient undergoing the COVID-19 treatment at a private hospital in Dilsukhnagar.