The drugs control department officials in Kerala have caught red-handed a practicing MBBS doctor for selling abortion inducing medicines without bill and also for overcharging the persons approached him.
Following a tip off, the intelligence wing of the Kozhikodu zone of the Kerala drugs control administration has raided the hospital and booked a case of violation of DPCO against the owner-cum-doctor of the hospital.
According to Shaji M Varghese, drugs inspector, intelligence wing, Dr Abdul Jalil of CIMS Hospital at Ketangal in Kozhikodu was giving abortion inducing drugs to everybody who wanted it and was charging higher prices.
Shaji said the doctor was giving a kit of two tablets each of Misoprostol and Mefepristone, and a bottle of some liquid. The total price of these drugs included Rs. 850, but the doctor was charging Rs. 2900 from each person who bought the drugs.
Dr Abdul Jalil was giving the drugs without consulting the patient or giving any prescription. He was stocking the drugs at his hospital and dispensing directly to the persons visited him. According to DCA officials, all the customers of this kit were males who approached the doctor as husbands.
Following the information, the regulatory officials marked three currency notes of thousand rupees and got them certified with the local Punchayath secretary, and gave the currency to the driver of the department and sent him to the doctor for the kit. Dr Jalil delivered the kit and collected the currency notes. On seeing the doctor handing over the drugs kit, the drug control officials who were standing outside, got into the doctor’s room and collected the kit from the driver.
The regional drugs inspector of Kozhikodu, Subhash V Menon, Shaji M Varghese and two drug inspectors took part in the operation. They said the case is punishable for seven years imprisonment with fine.
The drugs given by the doctor and other documents were produced before the first class judicial magistrate court at Kunnamangalm.