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As penalties for subjecting patients to guinea pig treatment go, this one would not even register on the blip screen.
A dozen government doctors in Indore got a mere slap on the wrist on Saturday evening when they were fined Rs.5,000 [$94] for allegedly conducting controversial drug trials on 1,883 poor and unsuspecting hospital inmates, many of whom suffered from side effects and some even lost their lives.
The trials, that took place over a period of four years in three hospitals, shockingly did not either have the government's permission or the patients' informed consent. What was worse, the accused appeared to have covered their tracks by not furnishing the details of the drugs or vaccines used in the experiments as also the names and particulars of the victims. In these circumstances, assessing the precise extent of damage in terms of side effects and fatalities was an onerous task.
Instead of looking at the criminal conduct of errant doctors belonging to government hospitals of Indore, the probe conducted by the city's chief medical and health officer (CMHO), Dr Sharad Pandit...
A dozen government doctors in Indore got a mere slap on the wrist on Saturday evening when they were fined Rs.5,000 [$94] for allegedly conducting controversial drug trials on 1,883 poor and unsuspecting hospital inmates, many of whom suffered from side effects and some even lost their lives.
The trials, that took place over a period of four years in three hospitals, shockingly did not either have the government's permission or the patients' informed consent. What was worse, the accused appeared to have covered their tracks by not furnishing the details of the drugs or vaccines used in the experiments as also the names and particulars of the victims. In these circumstances, assessing the precise extent of damage in terms of side effects and fatalities was an onerous task.
Instead of looking at the criminal conduct of errant doctors belonging to government hospitals of Indore, the probe conducted by the city's chief medical and health officer (CMHO), Dr Sharad Pandit...