Nurses caught stealing medicines at Hyderabad Civil Hospital

Hyderabad: Two nurses were caught stealing medicines at the Civil Hospital in Hyderabad.

According to Dr Faizan Memon, Assistant Medical Superintendent of the Civil Hospital, the two nurses who were caught had been involved in stealing medicines for a long time.

He said that after receiving complaints, both nurses were tracked down and caught red-handed. Apart from handbags, shopping bags full of medicines were also found in the possession of both nurses.

All the medicines recovered were those that are sold at high prices in the market. Both nurses were posted in the pediatric ward.

The services of both nurses have been returned to the Health Secretariat and an inquiry committee has been formed.