Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Dec, 20
Under the campaign, an awareness programme was organized by the Drug and Food Control Organization at Akhnoor on Saturday .. Assistant Drug Controller Jammu Arvind Sharma Assistant Drug Controller Sanjeev Gupta and Drug Inspectors Amit Bali and Amit Mahajan were present in the meeting
Speaking on the occasion, Assistant Drug Controller Jammu Arvind Sharma 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 Madam Lotika Khajuria has initiated special drive to ensure that the pharmacies dispense medicines in the best interest of public and the patient care.
He impressed upon the chemist fraternity to install Cctvs and Computerized Billing System as per the directives of the Government .He further emphasised 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
Assistant Drug Controller Sh Sanjeev Gupta directed the chemist fraternity to conduct sale of such Medicinal preparations in the quantity prescribed only against the prescription of Doctor and to keep a record of complete information of consumers.
The Pharma trade took a pledge that they will ensure to work in the best interest of patient care & all the chemist shop owners took an oath that they will not be a part of any kind of unethical activity and if they get any information about such activities, they will immediately inform the concerned officials about it.
