<p>In a bizarre case, a woman in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district has alleged that she found nails inside antibiotic tablets prescribed by doctors at Pomlum PHC for her 12-year-old daughter prompting the authorities to launch a probe into the matter, officials said on Monday.</p>.<p>The incident had taken place on Saturday when the mother discovered two nails inside two of the 10 amoxicillin tablets prescribed by doctors at the PHC, they said.</p>.Man held in Meghalaya with drugs worth Rs 8 cr.<p>The mother, who did not disclose her name, told a local news channel here that two nails were found inside a strip containing 10 tablets the health centre had given to her daughter.</p>.<p>She had lodged a complaint with the PHC officials urging the authorities to take action against anyone involved in such a grave misconduct.</p>.<p>Upon hearing the news, Health Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh constituted a medical team headed by senior specialists and an inspector of drugs from the department which rushed to the PHC for verification and investigation.</p>.<p>'Upon arrival, it was found that the nail that was supposedly inside the capsule was actually bigger than the capsule itself,' Lyngdoh told PTI.</p>.<p>She said this in itself raises doubts about the genuineness of the complaint.</p>.<p>According to the minister, the capsules in other facilities were also checked if there was any similar complaint but there was none.</p>
<p>In a bizarre case, a woman in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district has alleged that she found nails inside antibiotic tablets prescribed by doctors at Pomlum PHC for her 12-year-old daughter prompting the authorities to launch a probe into the matter, officials said on Monday.</p>.<p>The incident had taken place on Saturday when the mother discovered two nails inside two of the 10 amoxicillin tablets prescribed by doctors at the PHC, they said.</p>.Man held in Meghalaya with drugs worth Rs 8 cr.<p>The mother, who did not disclose her name, told a local news channel here that two nails were found inside a strip containing 10 tablets the health centre had given to her daughter.</p>.<p>She had lodged a complaint with the PHC officials urging the authorities to take action against anyone involved in such a grave misconduct.</p>.<p>Upon hearing the news, Health Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh constituted a medical team headed by senior specialists and an inspector of drugs from the department which rushed to the PHC for verification and investigation.</p>.<p>'Upon arrival, it was found that the nail that was supposedly inside the capsule was actually bigger than the capsule itself,' Lyngdoh told PTI.</p>.<p>She said this in itself raises doubts about the genuineness of the complaint.</p>.<p>According to the minister, the capsules in other facilities were also checked if there was any similar complaint but there was none.</p>