<p>A lab technician, who was involved in Covid-19 testing irregularities at the Pobbathi Maternity Hospital in V V Puram, has been suspended and a criminal case will be registered against him and an ASHA worker, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar, here on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Speaking to mediapersons, he said that false negative Covid-19 reports at the Pobbathi Maternity Hospital came to his notice through media reports.</p>.<p>A team, consisting of the joint commissioners and health officers, was sent to the hospital for inspection immediately on the minister’s instruction.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-trial-data-only-56-days-old-need-further-monitoring-sudhakar-907663.html" target="_blank">AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trial data only 56 days old, need further monitoring: Sudhakar</a></strong></p>.<p>An FIR will be registered against the lab technician who was on contract and the ASHA worker who were issuing negative Covid-19 reports, he said. </p>.<p>The minister further said that a strict regulation will be introduced to rectify the loopholes in the BBMP and make sure such incidents are not repeated in the future.</p>.<p>Following a discussion with the officials, a decision will be taken in this regard, Sudhakar said. </p>.<p>"It is a dishonour to the medical profession to make money through immoral ways," he said.</p>.<p>The case has been taken seriously and will not be repeated in the future, he added.</p>
<p>A lab technician, who was involved in Covid-19 testing irregularities at the Pobbathi Maternity Hospital in V V Puram, has been suspended and a criminal case will be registered against him and an ASHA worker, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar, here on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Speaking to mediapersons, he said that false negative Covid-19 reports at the Pobbathi Maternity Hospital came to his notice through media reports.</p>.<p>A team, consisting of the joint commissioners and health officers, was sent to the hospital for inspection immediately on the minister’s instruction.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-trial-data-only-56-days-old-need-further-monitoring-sudhakar-907663.html" target="_blank">AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trial data only 56 days old, need further monitoring: Sudhakar</a></strong></p>.<p>An FIR will be registered against the lab technician who was on contract and the ASHA worker who were issuing negative Covid-19 reports, he said. </p>.<p>The minister further said that a strict regulation will be introduced to rectify the loopholes in the BBMP and make sure such incidents are not repeated in the future.</p>.<p>Following a discussion with the officials, a decision will be taken in this regard, Sudhakar said. </p>.<p>"It is a dishonour to the medical profession to make money through immoral ways," he said.</p>.<p>The case has been taken seriously and will not be repeated in the future, he added.</p>
