DCA cracks down on 66 corporate hospital pharmacies in Telangana

The Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) issued notices to 66 corporate hospital pharmacies across the state for several discrepancies.

On Monday, May 3, DCA officials sealed medical device stocks with Rs 70,000/- at a hospital in Hyderabad’s Kukatpally area.

Several irregularities were reported, including



the dispensing of prescription medicines in the absence of a registered pharmacist, non-maintenance and failure to produce sales bills of medicines, selling drugs without the prescription of a Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP), irregularities in maintaining copies of sales bills and purchase bills and stocking of expired drugs along with saleable drugs among others.