Pinarayi Vijayan questions SMA drug distribution; SAT Hospital says only CDSCO-approved drugs used
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan criticised the state health minister’s handling of a recent spinal muscular atrophy drug distribution, calling it criminally negligent. He urged a government inquiry into the matter. The Sat Hospital responded that it administered only medicines approved by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, denying any use of unapproved drugs in the country.