Colombo (LNW): The use of Co-Amoxiclav, a class of antibiotics, has been temporarily suspended amidst reports on the death of a patient at the Colombo National Hospital, who was treated with the said antibiotic, announced Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella.
Early reports claimed that a 50-year old person who had arrived from Warakapola to receive treatment at the Colombo National Hospital for a cut wound died upon being administered the antibiotic.
There were 21,000 vaccines in the relevant drug category, and 18,000 of them have been used so far, but the situation is reported only in relation to one vaccine amongst them, the Minister said.
An investigation is also underway through the expert committee appointed to probe into issues related to medicines, he added.
