Rajouri, Feb 02: To seek their cooperation in eradicating the drug menace from society, Range police headquarters of Jammu & Kashmir Police in Rajouri held a meeting with representatives of the chemist association and discussed the issues related to the proper implementation of norms for working of chemist-drug stores across the district.
The meeting held at the conference hall of District Police Lines was chaired by Deputy Inspector General of Police, Rajouri Poonch range, Dr. Haseeb Mughal, IPS. SSP Rajouri Mohammad Aslam, DySP Hqr Rajouri, Chanchal Singh, SO RPHQ Parvez Ahmed and SHO Rajouri Fareed Ahmed were also present.
The representatives of the Chemist Association Rajouri, chemists of Rajouri town and peripheral areas attended the meeting and the discussion was held on the issues related to the proper implementation of norms for working of chemist-drug stores across the district.
Dr. Haseeb Mughal asked all the chemists to ensure that the license and registration certificate are displayed at a prominent and properly visible place in their stores. Directions were also issued for the installation of CCTV cameras in all the chemist shops and drug stores and to keep recordings of CCTVs safe as per laid down specific procedures.
DIG Mughal asked the chemists to ensure that no drugs and medicines are sold to minors and without the prescription of doctors. “Ensure that no drugs and medicines are sold to minors in any case. Only mentioned dosage and quantity of the medicine be provided to a prescription holder and no repeat medicine is given on the same prescription” he said. He also mentioned the move to ensure the inspection of stores at regular periods by the concerned authority and asked chemists to cooperate with authorities.
Regarding maintenance of records of drugs sold, the DIG Rajouri Poonch range asked them to ensure that daily sale registers and prescription registers are maintained properly as the same can be examined anytime by the surprise-checking police squads.
“Old and over-dated prescriptions are not to be entertained at any cost,” the officer said. He asked the chemists to accept prescriptions from only registered medical practitioners.
Mentioning more SOPs, he asked the chemists to maintain a register for the disposal of expired medicines. He also briefed them to follow only bank transactions for ordering medicines from stockists and suppliers.
The police officer warned that any chemist found involved in the sale of adulterated or spurious drugs will be dealt with firmly as per the law.
He asked the chemists that besides business interests, they should share social responsibility by following the rules governing the sale of medicines in an earnest manner. He also sought their help in curbing drug addiction as part of ‘Nasha Mukt J&K’ and ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat’.
