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Salman Khan hit and run case: Blood sample not collected properly

The medical officer at JJ Hospital says he did not follow medical norms while collecting Salman Khan's blood samples.

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The medical officer from JJ hospital, who had collected the blood sample of Salman Khan after the actor was allegedly involved in a car crash in 2002, told the sessions on Tuesday that had had not followed the norms given the civil medical code. The doctor said neither had he read the manual neither nor was it available in the office of chief medical officer (CMO).

The deposition was made during the cross-examination of Dr Shashikant Pawar. "I had just followed the procedure which my preceders had followed for so many years," said Dr Pawar, adding that he would have followed the due procedure had there been a manual in the CMO.

When defence advocate Shrikant Shiwade asked the witness if the air of the room, where the blood sample was collected, was sterile, Dr Pawar answered in the negative, thus in a way supporting the defence claim that presence of fungus Candida Albicans in the air can cause the body fluid to ferment and show increased blood alcohol levels in the test. The lawyer also said that the vials used to collect the sample didn't show presence of sodium fluoride, which prevents fermentation of the blood.

Special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat said that apart from Dr Pawar, the prosecution would also examine three more witnesses, including an RTO official to ascertain if Khan had a driving licence on him when he allegedly ran over some pavement dwellers. The next hearing comes up on January 31.

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