DA: Tighten controls on expired medicines


The Gauteng health department should tighten controls on expired medicines, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday, after media
reports that patients at Johannesburg Hospital had been given old drugs.

The Star reported that pharmacists at the hospital have been dispensing expired medicines and covering their actions by sticking labels over the expiry date.

23 January 2007

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