Hyderabad: Officials from the Drugs Control Administration (DCA), Ranga Reddy zone, conducted raids on the premises of a medical shop that was operating without a license. The outlet is located at Pocharam village, Ibrahimpatnam mandal, Ranga Reddy District, owned by one G. Narsimha.
The shop was found to be operating without a drug license, said the DCA. Additionally, the officials raided the premises of another person, Mantharala Ramthu Basha, who was also operating a clinic without any qualifications at Pocharam village, Ibrahimpatnam Mandal, Ranga Reddy District.
According to V B Kamalasan Reddy, DG DCA, Mantharala Ramthu Basha falsely claims to be a ‘Rural Medical Practitioner’ and practices medicine without the necessary qualifications at his clinic.
During the raids conducted at the aforementioned two premises, officials from the Drugs Control Administration discovered large quantities of medicines stocked without the necessary drug licenses.
A total of 145 varieties of medicines, including antibiotics, analgesics, anti-ulcer drugs, etc., were found stocked at these two locations. The DCA officials seized the stocks, which amounted to a total worth of Rs. 1.15 lakhs, during the raids.
DCA officials detected several higher generation antibiotic injections at the clinic during the raid. Indiscriminate sale of antibiotics, by unqualified person may have disastrous consequences on the health of public, including emergence of ‘Antimicrobial Resistance’.
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