Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Mar 1: A team of Drug & Food Control Organisation (DFCO) conducted inspection of Medical shops and organised an awareness campaign at Bari Brahmana in connection with Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan.
As a part of consistent campaign, an awareness programme was also organized by the Drug and Food Control Organization at Bari Brahmana under the supervision of Deputy Drug Controller Jammu Mohd Iqbal Palla.
Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Drug Controller informed that the Government has initiated proactive measures to see the society free of substance abuse. The Department under the overall supervision of State Drug Controller, Lotika Khajuria has initiated special drive to ensure that the Pharmacies dispense medicines in the best interest of public and the patient care .
The Chemist fraternity was impressed upon to adhere to the conditions of license and mandate of law and to dispense medicines strictly in consonance with the prescription of registered medical practitioner only.
Assistant Drug Controller Jammu (Hqs) and Samba, Archana Mujoo instructed the Pharma dealers to install CCTV and computerized billing system as per the directives of the government in a time bound manner .She emphasized that complete sale records have to be maintained for Schedule H1 medicines and in particular the formulations prone to cause addiction and warned the trade fraternity to desist from any unethical trade practices.
Drug Control Officer, Gulshan Roy directed the chemist fraternity to conduct sale of such Medicinal preparations in the quantity prescribed only against the prescription of RMP’s and to keep a record of complete information of consumers.
A surprise inspection was carried out by the team including Drug Control officer Amit Mahajan and Bhawna Bhat in Bari Brahmana area.
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