A ward in the Thalassemia Centre at the Teaching Hospital in Kurunegala became the latest location where a vial containing an anti-biotic drug was found with a piece of glass.

When the medical staff got ready to administer the drug on the patients of the ward, the detection was made.

The nurse of the ward who detected the piece of glass in a vial containing Ampicillin had handed it over to the Chief Medical Officer of the Thalassemia Centre, Paediatrician Dr. Dayananda Bandara.

Dr. Bandara said that it was a very serious situation as the minute pieces of glass that could be present in the liquid drug could cause severe damage if it enters the blood stream and affect the heart, eyes, kidneys and the liver.

The possible coagulation blood around such a glass particle may block arteries and create severe heart conditions too, he said.

Dr. Bandara said that the Ministry of Health has been risking the lives of helpless patients by importing such low quality drugs. It is learnt that the drug was imported from India.