The Health Ministry requested the Indian company that exported Prednisolone eye drops to grant compensation to the patients who got impaired by the use of the same.
Speaking to The Daily Morning yesterday (16), Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella said that they have requested the Indian company in question to grant compensation to the patients who got impaired by the use of Prednisolone. “The Ministry has informed the said Indian company regarding the eye drop batch-related failure, but we can’t say the timeframe as to when we will get a response,” Rambukwella said.
He further said: “This medicine is registered under the National Medicines Regulatory Authority, but, sometimes, quality failures occur.”
Earlier, the Ministry mentioned that if there is any wrongdoing regarding the release of a bacterial compromised batch of eye drop medication that caused multiple patients to have impaired eyesight after use at eye clinics in public hospitals, the Ministry would offer compensation to the affected.