The Madhya Pradesh government has fined 12 doctors Rs. 5,000 each for conducting drug trials on children and mentally challenged persons, even as the Opposition Congress termed the fine an eyewash and a joke and demanded a CBI probe into the matter.
Besides fining the doctors, the government issued instructions for banning new drug/clinical trials with retrospective effect from October 25, 2010 in medical colleges of the State and hospitals attached to them.
The doctors were fined for not maintaining records of tests and treatment and failure to provide requisite details to the Chief Medical and Health Officer under the Madhya Pradesh Nursing Home and Clinical Establishment (Registration and Licence) Act.
CBI enquiry demanded
The Congress criticised the State government for levying a meagre fine for such a grave, inhuman crime and accused it of selling out to multinational pharmaceutical companies.
The lives of the poor patients who were victimised in the name of drug trials is just Rs. 5,000? We demand a CBI inquiry in the matter, said Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Ajay Singh.
Besides fining the doctors, the government issued instructions for banning new drug/clinical trials with retrospective effect from October 25, 2010 in medical colleges of the State and hospitals attached to them.
The doctors were fined for not maintaining records of tests and treatment and failure to provide requisite details to the Chief Medical and Health Officer under the Madhya Pradesh Nursing Home and Clinical Establishment (Registration and Licence) Act.
CBI enquiry demanded
The Congress criticised the State government for levying a meagre fine for such a grave, inhuman crime and accused it of selling out to multinational pharmaceutical companies.
The lives of the poor patients who were victimised in the name of drug trials is just Rs. 5,000? We demand a CBI inquiry in the matter, said Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Ajay Singh.