As per the directives from the District Collector Deepak Soni, team of Food and Drug Administration is regularly visiting the medical stores for the purpose of inspecting the quality of medicines being sold the people, and also to find out whether the sale-purchase documents are being maintained as per the rules and regulations laid down or not.
Under the guidance of Deputy Director, Food and Drug Administration Dr R K Singh, a medical store identified as Shantihari medical store in Boregaon came under surprise inspection. All the relevant documents necessary for medical-store operation were checked. In the light of Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Rules 1945, the Drug Inspector found irregularities. Bill book and Schedule H1 register were not being maintained as per the relevant rules, and pharmacist was also found absent.
The firm-operator was issued show-cause notice to which the reply was not satisfactory. Pharmaceutical Licensing Authority observed it to be a serious negligence and as the consequence the drug license of the firm was suspended for seven days.
From another medical store, identified as Siddhi Vinayak Medical Stores being operated in Kondagaon, samples of diabetes medicine Sitagliptin were collected, and the same was sent for test at the drug testing laboratory, Raipur.
Upon inspection of Shri Krishna Medical Stores, located at Dhanora, and Chhattisgarh Medicose at Makdi, irregularities were found, and no satisfactory reply was given by the concerned persons to the show causes notices issued to them, therefore the drug licence of each of these firms has been suspended for seven days.
Drug Inspector Sukhchaun Singh Dhurve informed that the state’s drug administration department has instructed all the medical stores operators to maintain the sale-purchase documents and Schedule H1 register as per the relevant rules and regulations. Besides, they have also been instructed not to sell the sleeping and mind effective medicines, and also MTP kits without receiving prescription of registered doctor.
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