Drive against spurious drugs
Chairing a meeting to review the pace of implementation of Health Sector Reforms Programme aimed at making quality medicines available to the people, Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Ejaz Nisar is reported to have ordered sweeping action against unscrupulous traders found indulging in indiscriminate sale of spurious drugs.Ejaz Nisar is stated to have directed the concerned officials to improve the system of monitoring of efficiency of the drug inspectors. The stipulation should appeal to reason for the simple fact that there has been no indication of a let-up in the growth of trading in fake medicines despite similar warnings from the government over the past several years in a row.
27 January 2008