Black-marketing of remdesivir: 3 Gotri hospital staffers held

The Vadodara Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) on Tuesday detained three workers, together with a nurse, connected to the Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society (GMERS)-run Gotri Covid-19 hospital for allegedly black-marketing a vial of Remdesivir injection.
According to the DCB launch, the officers acquired a tip-off that the accused had been seeking to promote one vial of Remdesivir injection for Rs 15,000. Posing as dummy sufferers, DCB officers nabbed the three accused recognized as employees nurse Varsha Damor, Class IV worker Shailesh alias Ravi Prajapati and oxygen plant operator Sahil Darbar.
The launch stated it was Sahil who got here to the dummy patrons, promoting the lone vial for Rs 15,000. On questioning, Sahil revealed that he had bought the vial from Ravi for Rs 14,000 and was seeking to make a revenue of Rs 1,000. Ravi, in flip, named Varsha Damor, who had siphoned off the vial meant for a affected person.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCB, Jaydeepsinh Jadeja, advised this newspaper, “The nurse had retained a vial of Remdesivir injection from the medicines meant for a critical patient, who died before being administered the dose. We found that it is a genuine vial provided by the Gujarat Medical Supplies Corporation Limited (GMSCL) to Gotri hospital as part of the quota of free Remdesivir injections meant for the government hospitals.”