MNCs may be behind superbug propaganda: Ministers
Friday, 13 August 2010, 07:32 IST
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New Delhi: Members in the Rajya Sabha today suspected hands of multi-national pharmaceutical and hospital companies behind British scientists' claims that an infectious superbug originating from Indian hospitals is spreading in the world. "When India is emerging as a medical tourism destination, this type of news is unfortunate and may be a sinister design of multinational companies" to defame the Indian medical sector, S S Ahluwalia (BJP) said during Zero Hour. Demanding a response from the government, he said some foreign tourists after returning from India reported some infection and attributed it to Indian hospitals. "It may not be true," he said. Ahluwalia, who was supported by Jayanthi Natarajan (Cong), said there should be a system of maintaining a registry for patients suffering from infectious diseases. Natarajan said reports of superbug, attributable to India, is a "wrong propaganda against the country".
Source: PTI
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