MANY DISCARDED HEALTH APPLIANCES OF DEVELOPED COUNTRY GIFTED TO INDIA & OTHERS

MANY DISCARDED HEALTH APPLIANCES OF DEVELOPED COUNTRY GIFTED TO INDIA & OTHERS

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Many discarded or not upto mark or standard or substandard as per their bench mark,developed countries like US,UK,France,Germany,Australia etc are usually sent to developing South African countries,Nepal,Bangladesh, Pakistan,Srilnaka etc ,Recent incidence of finding of unsafe syringes in Hospitals of South Africa,Nepal and India discarded by UK.Syringes declared unsafe for use by the UK's state-funded National Health Service (NHS) found their way to India and are likely to have been used in some hospitals in the country, a media report said in London today.

         According to The Sunday Times, banned Graseby syringe drivers were given to hospices and medical organisations in countries such as India, South Africa and Nepal. It followed the phased withdrawal of the devices from the NHS in 2010 following safety alerts dating back as far as 1995.As part of its investigation, the newspaper found a notice issued by the Isle of Wight NHS Trust in December 2011, which advised staff that in order to comply with a department of health alert all Graseby MS 16 and MS 26 syringe drivers would be replaced. It added: They will be donated to a 3rd world charity.

                   Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland said, The donation of the syringe drivers was made in good faith for the project by the NHS, and helped hundreds of people who otherwise would have suffered tremendously during their final stages of life.But Peter Walsh, the chief executive of safety charity Action Against Medical Accidents, said, Obviously the safety of patients in any part of the world should be of concern to us in the UK. What would worry me most is if the countries or institutions concerned weren't fully briefed on the risks with these particular devices.

                The syringe pumps have been implicated in NHS deaths over a 30-year period, the newspaper had recently revealed.Similiary discarded ct scan,mri,ultrasound,Endscopes,and other x-ray machines are sold in India at cheap price.

                              It is high time that such donations should be accepted after proper enquiry as to doante deadly and discarded things to some one is not donation but dumping as these may be hazardous to life of many innocent persons.

                    Will our Indian Hospitals,NGO's and other Social organisation will introspect while accepting such dangerous gift which may kill many persons?