20 cases referred to drug court
District Quality Control Board (DQCB) has referred cases of 20 medical stores to Drug Court while criminal cases were registered against owners of two medical stores on violation of the drug act.
Chairing a meeting of DQCB on Sunday, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Muhammad Ali directed the drug inspectors for accelerating drive against sale and manufacturing of spurious drugs.
He said that stern action should be taken against the quacks. He stressed the need of sealing medical stores immediately if they were found involved in sale of spurious medicines. The DC directed the functionaries of health departments that any kind of corruption would not be tolerated.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 2nd, 2020.