Raza Naqvi
Attock
All resources are being utilised to stop quackry and sale of unregistered, substandard and expired medicines. District Drug Comtroller Syed Tariq Masood Shah said this while talking to newsmen in his office. He said, on daily basis different areas are being visited by him and drug inspectors to register cases against those involved in quackry and to seal their clinics while substandard medicines are being confiscated and samples of different medicines are also being sent to laboratory for quality check.
He said, a dispensor can not run a clinic independently and those doing this are considered quacks, their clinics will be sealed and their cases will be sent to the concerned authorities. District Drug Controller Tariq Shah while giving giving details of the last eight months said that 648 premises were inspected and during these visits 270 samples were taken and sent to laboratory and out of these samples 15 were found substandard. He said, three medical stores were sealed three FORs were registered, four cases of expired medicines were sent to Drug Quality Control Board, four cases of not keeping sale and purchase record of medicines, 09 cases of selling medicines woth out drug sale license were registered.
He said that 74 cases of different nature had been sent to drug quality control boards. Replying a question he said that Rs 2297000 jave been received as fine from different areas and submitted in national kitty. Tariq Shah said that no linient view will be taken of those involved in quackry and sale of substandard, expired and unregistered medicines.
