66 hospital pharmacies in Telangana to face show cause notices after DCA raids
Telangana: In a statewide crackdown, the Drugs Control Administration (DCA) of Telangana detected several irregularities in sixty-six pharmacies located in or attached to various corporate hospitals in the state during the special raids.
The findings emerged during a special drive conducted on May 5, 2025 to verify the practices of pharmacies in various corporate hospitals across the State.
The DCA confirmed that show cause notices shall be issued to all the sixty-six pharmacies and action shall be taken as per the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and the rules made thereunder.
The irregularities reported included the dispensing of prescription
medicines in the absence of a Registered Pharmacist; non-maintenance and
failure to produce sales bills of medicines; failure to maintain prescription drug registers and Schedule H1 drug registers; failure to produce purchase bills for
medicines stocked in the pharmacies; sale of drugs without the prescription of
a Registered Medical Practitioner; irregularities in the maintenance of copies of
sales bills and purchase bills; failure to stock thermolabile drugs under the
recommended storage conditions; and the stocking of expired drugs along
with saleable drugs in the pharmacies.
Kukatpally, Medchal-Malkajgiri District, DCA officials froze medical devices
(ordered that the stocks not be disposed of) — Biopro PRP Kit (quantity: 07
kits) — with a total worth of Rs 70,000/-. The manufacturer, as claimed on the
label, Alchem Diagnostics, Coimbatore, failed to mention the manufacturing
licence number on the outer carton, labelled the outer carton with two
different manufacturing dates while bearing the same batch number and
expiry date, and labelled the outer carton with two different sterilization
processes. Additionally, the hospital pharmacy failed to produce purchase and
sale bills for the said kits.
saleable drugs at Life Care Pharmacy, D.No. 1-10-62/2/2, Ahmed Nagar Colony,
Medak Town & District.
A banned medicine, SUGATAB MV2 FORTE (Glimepiride, Metformin
Hydrochloride Prolonged Release and Voglibose Tablets), was found stocked
in the pharmacy attached to Gemcare Poulomi Hospitals, H.No. 1-19-69/A2
and B17, Ground Floor, Rukminipuri Colony, Dr. A S Rao Nagar, Kapra,
Medchal–Malkajgiri District.