{"id":203023,"date":"2025-10-16T00:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T00:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/203023\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T00:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T00:37:24","slug":"ima-seeks-withdrawal-of-case-against-rmp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/203023\/","title":{"rendered":"IMA seeks withdrawal of case against RMP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New Delhi: In view of pediatrician\u2019s arrest following deaths of children due to the consumption of a \u201ccontaminated\u201d cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Wednesday sought Union Health Minister JP Nadda<\/a>\u2018s intervention into the matter and immediate withdrawal of the case against the bona fide medical practitioner.<\/p>\n

Condemning the action taken against the Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP), IMA said the root cause of this tragedy is the failure of quality control at the level of the manufacturer, and the subsequent failure of the regulatory system responsible for oversight.<\/p>\n

Primary culpability with manufacturer, enforcement agencies: IMA <\/p>\n

\u201cThe primary legal liability and culpability for introducing an adulterated drug into the market, which violates the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, rests squarely with the manufacturer and the enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n

\"Memory <\/a> <\/p>\n

\u201cWe call upon the ministry to recognize the doctor as a secondary victim of a systemic collapse and to direct the immediate closure of all legal proceedings against them, ensuring justice for their professional defamation and trauma,\u201d Dr Dilip Bhanushali National President of IMA said in the letter to Nadda on October 8.<\/p>\n

The immediate arrest of the doctor constitutes a classical example of \u201clegal illiteracy\u201d and sends a profoundly detrimental message to healthcare providers nationwide, the letter said.<\/p>\n

The IMA President pointed out that the Supreme Court\u2019s laid down a proper procedure to be followed prior to arresting a doctor is lacking in this case.<\/p>\n

A doctor prescribes a drug (even if generic) in good faith, based on its official approval by the competent regulatory bodies and its availability in the certified supply chain. They have no means or mechanism to ascertain manufacturing lapses, such as the hidden contamination of excipients with toxic substances like Diethylene Glycol (DEG) or Ethylene Glycol (EG), the letter said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHolding the prescribing physician culpable for an undetected defect in the drug\u2019s formulation amounts to shifting the accountability for a failure that lies entirely outside the purview of clinical practice,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

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Telangana DCA issues alert on adulterated cough syrups<\/a> Letter underlines RMP\u2019s professional mandate <\/p>\n

The letter underlined that the RMP\u2019s professional mandate is strictly limited to clinical assessment, diagnosis, and prescription of drugs approved and certified by the government\u2019s own drug control mechanisms.<\/p>\n

\"Germanten <\/a> <\/p>\n

The physician is not a quality control analyst responsible for testing raw materials or intermediate products for toxicity.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy criminalizing the act of prescription in good faith, this indiscriminate action unfairly victimizes a professional acting within the bounds of law, and critically, creates widespread apprehension and fear across the entire medical fraternity. This fear may inadvertently lead to defensive medicine practices, including the reluctance to prescribe affordable generic drugs, which would ultimately affects the patients adversely,\u201d the letter stated.<\/p>\n

The IMA also proposed five systemic reforms to ensure the quality of medicines supplied across the nation which includes strengthening regulatory manpower and Infrastructure, mandatory testing for contaminants, establishment of a robust drug recall policy, strengthening pharmacovigilance and reporting and risk-based inspections and license audits.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe appeal to your good offices to intervene decisively, order the immediate withdrawal of the case against the bona fide medical practitioner, and focus the investigative and enforcement resources on the manufacturer and the regulatory bodies whose institutional failure led to this tragic loss of life. A strong, credible regulatory system is the bedrock of safe patient care,\u201d the letter said adding the IMA is ready to collaborate with the Ministry to implement these systemic reforms.<\/p>\n

5 children in critical condition <\/p>\n

Five children from Madhya Pradesh are in a critical condition, while 20 have died due to the consumption of a \u201ccontaminated\u201d cough syrup, state Madhya Pradesh Health Minister Rajendra Shukla said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The children died due to suspected kidney failure, linked to the consumption of the \u201ctoxic\u201d Coldrif cough syrup, according to officials.<\/p>\n

Amid an investigation into the matter, the Madhya Pradesh government on Monday suspended two drug inspectors and a deputy director of the Food and Drug Administration, and also transferred the state\u2019s drug controller.<\/p>\n

Dr Praveen Soni from Chhindwara has been arrested for \u201cnegligence\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Delhi: In view of pediatrician\u2019s arrest following deaths of children due to the consumption of a \u201ccontaminated\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[81682,102,32154,6591,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-203023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-cough-syrup","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-indian-medical-association","11":"tag-medication","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}