FDA’s excuse was not accepted

The meningitis outbreak resulted from tainted steroid injections could have been prevented. But since the FDA didn’t utilize its power for this goal appropriately, more than 500 individuals were contaminated with this disease and 39 recipients of the steroids died.
Tennessee officials turned out to show unbelievable competence under these circumstances. They were praised by legislators for their definite actions.
It was reported that numerous persons that had been given epidural steroid injections produced by the NECC suffered from complications. When Tennessee health officials were informed about this situation, they enforced all health facilities to discontinue utilizing preparations produced by the compounding center from Massachusetts. Furthermore, they informed immediately about contamination health officials of other states. Actions of Tennessee health officials were quick and definite. They acted with no doubts and did everything in order to prevent further contamination and improve help those that were already contaminated with meningitis.
If Tennessee health officials hadn’t been so decisive and competent, more individuals would have been contaminated with fungal meningitis and more deaths would have been.
As for the FDA, it appeared to be incompetent. It didn’t use its authority immediately in order to improve the situation. Then it tried to justify its negligence, noting that its authority was not cleared and established enough to interfere in such large-scale compounding pharmacies, as the NECC. But legislators didn’t accept the FDA’s excuse.
Tennessee health officials merit getting a gold medal for their actions.
However certain persons think that they could avoid contamination, warnings about risks still exist. Many individuals are still at the hospital. Others are visited by health officials. If any side results occur at injection sites of those that have administered the tainted steroids, they should inform doctors at once.