The Andhra Pradesh Drug Control Authorities (APDCA) have seized drugs worth Rs.1.5 lakhs from a self proclaimed RMP (Registered Medical Practitioner) doctor running Mamidyal first Aid Clinic in Mulugu mandal of Medak district in the state.
Close on the heels of its action on Gaba Pharmaceuticals just last week in Hyderabad, the DCA authorities are continuing their inspections on the defaulting drug manufacturers and their distributors in the state. Recently, the state drug authorities have unearthed one more illegal medical drugs racket in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh where in illegal drugs worth Rs.1.5 lakhs have been seized by the authorities.
The authorities revealed that the seized stock consisted of 83 varieties of medical drugs including Physician Samples Not for Sale. It is believed that these drugs (which also included IV (intravenous) sets) were meant for Andhra Pradesh Government Supply but have been illegally diverted and are being sold in the villages by the RMP doctors.
DCA sources said that they have caught one Y. Sudhakar a resident of Mamidyal village running ‘Mamidyal First Aid Clinic’ without possessing any valid drug licence for stocking and selling the drugs. Upon checking and enquiring, the authorities found that Sudhakar had claimed himself as RMP doctor even without having any proper qualifications.
“Over the past few months we have been on a continuous vigilance drive and have unearthed many cases of illegal manufacturing and stocking and selling of illegal drugs in the state. As part of this drive the officers of the Drugs Control Administration, in Medak district have gathered intelligence and booked one Y Sudhakar was possessing huge stocks of medicines worth Rs. 1.5 lakhs without having any authorised license,” said R P Thakur, DG, APDCA.
It is one such case which had come to light. It is said that there are many such RMP doctors in the villages and other rural areas where they are selling the medicines to innocent villagers without having any authorised licences or formal qualifications.
The DCA authorities are further investigating the case and looking into the angle of how these drugs meant for government hospitals are being diverted. It is believed that some of the local staff of the government hospitals are hand in glove with the local RMP doctors and they are involved in diverting the medicines illegally.