Spurious, date expired drugs flood Barisal region
Saturday, 11 April 2009
BARISAL, Apr 10 (UNB): Spurious, sub-standard and date expired medicines have flooded Barisal region for lack of proper monitoring by drug administration, putting patients at great risks.
Drug administration sources here said they failed to monitor and control the situation properly due to shortage of manpower and infrastructural shortage.
Drug administration has only one superintendent for six districts of Barisal division to monitor 4,730 licenced drugstores and 10 pharmaceutical companies and it has only three offices in three district headquarters.
Khondokar Sagir Ahmed, drug super of Barisal district has been performing additional duties of Patuakhali and Pirojpur districts.
The sources said there are 4,730 pharmacies or drug stores in six districts of the division. Besides, there are more than 10,000 illegal drug stores in the region doing business with fake drug licence or without any licence, drug administration department sources said.
As per rule every district headquarters must have an office of drug administration with at least one drug super and one drug inspector.
However, Barguna, Bhola and Jhalakati districts have no drug administration office and Pirojpur and Patuakhali offices have no drug super. Only Barisal drug administration office has both office and super, the sources said.
Sub-standard drugs have flooded the region due to lack of proper monitoring by drug administration, local elite said.
Khondokar Sagir, Barisal district drug super acknowledging the facts said despite this limitation they have been conducting drives against spurious, sub-standard and date expired medicines.
Drug administration sources here said they failed to monitor and control the situation properly due to shortage of manpower and infrastructural shortage.
Drug administration has only one superintendent for six districts of Barisal division to monitor 4,730 licenced drugstores and 10 pharmaceutical companies and it has only three offices in three district headquarters.
Khondokar Sagir Ahmed, drug super of Barisal district has been performing additional duties of Patuakhali and Pirojpur districts.
The sources said there are 4,730 pharmacies or drug stores in six districts of the division. Besides, there are more than 10,000 illegal drug stores in the region doing business with fake drug licence or without any licence, drug administration department sources said.
As per rule every district headquarters must have an office of drug administration with at least one drug super and one drug inspector.
However, Barguna, Bhola and Jhalakati districts have no drug administration office and Pirojpur and Patuakhali offices have no drug super. Only Barisal drug administration office has both office and super, the sources said.
Sub-standard drugs have flooded the region due to lack of proper monitoring by drug administration, local elite said.
Khondokar Sagir, Barisal district drug super acknowledging the facts said despite this limitation they have been conducting drives against spurious, sub-standard and date expired medicines.