The cases of running the medical shops without having a license and fulfilling other required formalities continue to surface in Haryana, and in this series, medical shops located in 7 nursing homes in four districts were found without a license which led to lodge a case against those involved in the breach of the norms. In a bid to tighten the noose on the chemists selling drugs illegally without a license, a campaign has been initiated and under this, the teams of the Food and Drug Administration conducted raids in two districts— Rewari and Sonipat.
During the raids samples of various medicines were taken and other documents were confiscated. Skin Laser, Cosmetic Surgery and Hair Transplant Clinic run by Dr. Smita Kashyap in Model Town of Rewari, the FDA team found Vikas Yadav for selling medicines on doctor’s prescription over the counter. He said that the team took samples of 5 types of medicines on display for testing and took possession of 15 types of medicines under Form-16. According to the team, sales bills were also being issued to patients from the shop without a license and the team has also recovered 34 such sales bills from the spot.
Under this, campaign raids were conducted on illegal shops in Sonipat. Dudeja ENT Hospital Delhi Road, Sonipat, and Royal Dental Hospital run by Dr. Gaurav were raided. The Director of Dudeja ENT Hospital, Dr. S.L. Dudeja said that Veena Grover sells medicines on the prescription given by him and collects money. The departmental team also took possession of 12 types of medicines as evidence for investigation on the spot. The team also recovered an OPD register and purchased a bill of medicines from the spot as evidence. At the same time, Royal Dental Hospital found an open unlicensed shop selling medicines on the prescription of a doctor named Chirag, who is Class 12th pass. Doctor Gaurav has kept him on a salary of Rs. 15,000 per month. The team seized samples of 12 types of medicines from the spot. Seven other doctors also came to practice at the Royal Dental Clinic and medicines were being given on prescription which is illegal. The team has also recovered sales bills, purchase bills, and OPD registers from the spot. Besides, under this campaign, raids are going on at Shri Krishna Hospital, Karnal Road, Kaithal, and Popli Nursing and Chest Clinic, Pehwa Chowk, Kaithal in Kaithal city today. In both places, the sale of medicines has been found on the counters of open illegal medical stores. In this series, proceedings are going on in Rohtak and Meham as well, under which raids are being conducted at unlicensed shops running in Kundu Clinic in Sector-1 of Rohtak and illegal shops running in Deepanjali Hospital in Meham.