[ 6 Sep, 2006 2014hrs IST TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
RAJKOT: The Food and Drugs Authority on Wednesday suspended the licence of Young Star Blood Bank when officials found errors in the way blood was stored at the bank.
The licence was suspended following an outcry after five persons died after being given blood from here.
A team of FDA officials was in the city, for two days, to investigate the problem and submitted their report to state FDA commissioner, SP Ardesara.
Confirming the development, Ardesara said that the blood bank has been ordered not to sell blood till investigation is over and the licence has been suspended temporarily.
Ardesara confirmed that according to the report submitted to him, the Young Star Blood Bank did not follow the norms required for storing blood. The blood bank had stopped its activities ever since the first death was reported.
The department has also served a showcause notice to the blood bank for negligence, said the commissioner.
Rajkot district collector Pradeep Sharma said that the district administration was also waiting for the report of blood samples taken by the authorities.
A police complaint would be lodged if contamination is found in the blood. He said that around 300 patients, who were given blood collected from Young Star Blood Bank, are under observation.
The five victims are Samajuben Sojitra, Puja Gorasia, Dayaben Bagtharia, Anal Rajani and Kantaben Shigala.
According to Ardesara, that he will not lodge a police complaint against anyone immediately and will wait for a detailed report.
Doctors and hospitals who had treated the patients were given clean chit by the investigating officials.
The team had also gathered the history of patients who died after blood transfusion. The team had taken statements of blood bank technicians, doctors of the hospitals where death cases registered, relatives of the victims and trustees of the blood bank.
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