SHILLONG, Sep 11: In a bizarre case, a woman has alleged that she found nails inside antibiotic capsules prescribed by doctors at Pomlum primary health centre for her 12-year-old daughter prompting the authorities to launch a probe into the matter, officials said on Monday.
The incident had taken place on Saturday when the mother discovered two nails inside two of the 10 amoxicillin capsules prescribed by doctors at the PHC, they said.
The mother told a local news channel here that two nails were found inside a strip containing 10 tablets the health centre had given to her daughter.
Upon hearing the news, Health Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh constituted a team headed by senior specialists and an inspector of drugs from the department which rushed to the PHC for verification and investigation.
“Upon arrival, it was found that the nail that was supposedly inside the capsule was actually bigger than the capsule itself,” Lyngdoh said.
She said this in itself raises doubts about the genuineness of the complaint.
The capsules in other facilities were also checked but no anomaly was detected, she added. (PTI)
