Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government has intensified raids as a step towards enforcement against storing and sale of spurious medicines and other such activities.
Secretary Health and Family Welfare Shalini Pandit directed all field officers and enforcement squads to stay vigilant about the medicines coming from outside the State, and intensify the raids on all suspicious points, persons, stockists, and shops. The officers were also asked to take stringent action against those found guilty.
Each and every strip in the stores is being checked and the strips found suspicious are being recalled, informed a senior official of the department.
“Extensive raids are being conducted on regular basis and such actions will continue,” the officer added.
In the meanwhile, suspicious medicines were seized from 6 places in Cuttack, one place in Kendrapara, 2 places in Jharsuguda, and one place each in Sundargarh, Bargarh, and Sambalpur districts. Cases have been instituted after the seizure of medicines from these places.
Available information showed that suspicious medicines were seized from V R Agency, Puja Enterprises, Kyal agency, Mahabirprasad Radheshyam, Shree Distributor, Sri M.H in Cuttack district; Shyam Medical and Amit Agency in Sundaragarh; Ashok Medical Hall in Bargarh; Durga Agency in Sambalpur; and Sai Traders in Kendrapara.
People in general have expressed their satisfaction over such raids and opined that such enforcement should be done on daily basis.
