Shyam Sood
Rajouri, August 9: Under the overall supervision of State Drug Controller, Lotika Khajuria, a team of Drug Control Officers conducted surprise inspections of over 50 retail sale establishments (medical stores) across Rajouri-Poonch districts and suspended licences of 5 shops for violation of conditions of the licenses.
The team of Drug Control Officers under directives of the Deputy Controller. Mohd Iqbal Pala and under the personnel supervision of Assistant Controller Drugs Rajouri-Poonch, Archana Mujoo conducted surprise inspections of the retail sale establishments.
The team also holds awareness workshops for the license holders at Rajouri, Poonch Mandi, Nowshera and Sundarbani, and educates the medical shop owners about conditions of the licenses and sale of banned drugs without doctor’s prescriptions.
Assistant Controller Drugs, Rajouri-Poonch, informed them that the government has initiated proactive measures to see the society free of substance abuse.
“The department under the overall supervision of the State Drug Controller has initiated a special drive to ensure that the pharmacies dispense medicines in the best interest of patient and public care,” he said.
The chemist fraternity was impressed upon to adhere to the conditions of licenses and mandate of law and to dispense the medicines strictly in consonance with Registered medical practitioner only.
“Strict instructions have been issued to install CCTV cameras and computerized billing systems as per the directives of the government,” said Mohd Iqbal Pala.
“An emphasis has been given that complete sale records must be maintained for scheduled H1 medicines and in particular the formulations prone to cause addiction and warned the trade fraternity to desist from any unethical trade practices, ” he added.
Violation of licenses’ conditions : Licenses of 5 medical shops suspended in Rajouri-Poonch
