Drugs Control Administration (DCA) of Telangana cancelled the licence of two blood banks, located in Miyapur and Darulshifa, Hyderabad for carrying out the illegal sale of human plasma.
Officials said that the licences of the blood banks, named ‘Srikara Hospital Blood Centre’ at Madinaguda, Miyapur, and ‘New Life Educational Society Blood Centre’ at Darulshifa, Hyderabad, have been cancelled in connection with the illegal plasma collection racket unearthed at Moosapet on February 2.
The DCA, based on credible information, raided ‘Haemo Service Laboratories’ at Bhavani Nagar, Moosapet and detected a huge stock of human plasma bags stored in freezers. “R. Raghavendra Naik has been operating the firm within the apartment and illegally collecting plasma from various blood banks. They were being stockpiled for unauthorised sale,” said the officials.
