ADS crisis averted for time being

kolkata: the crisis over the availability of anti diphtheria serum (ads) in kolkata has been averted for the time being as infectious disease hospitals in jaipur and new delhi have promised to send the serum. "they have cooperated in a big way sending the serum from their stock. this will solve the problem for the time being" said dr. sukumar das, adding "we will also have to ensure that there is no wastage of the serum." while the consignment from jaipur id hospital has already arrived in id hospital, kolkata, one from new delhi is on its way.though the crisis has been averted in kolkata, district hospitals do not have any supply of the serum, with practically no possibility of getting new stocks as well. a crisis of ads, the most potent medicine for diphtheria, started from july as the old stock in the hospial was exhausted and the manufacturers, hapkins laboratory, claimed that they will not be able to supply the ads before december. meanwhile, after the death of rajiv mallik, the 13-year-old boy from siliguri, no other patients has died of the disease and 24 patients admitted in the hospital are recovering, dr das informed. "we are taking extra precautions and all the patients are doing fine at the moment" he said.