On June 3, a reporter's source said that the Inspectorate of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health issued decisions to punish many pharmacies that Dan Tri newspaper reported in a series of articles about "blatantly selling specially controlled drugs like selling vegetables".
Specifically, according to the penalty decision issued on May 30, the Thanh Mau pharmacy business household (355 Dien Bien Phu, Ward 4, District 3) was identified for 6 violations.
Firstly, the person in charge of the professional responsibility of the drug retail facility is absent during the operating hours of the pharmacy (without authorization when absent as prescribed by law).
Second, do not open books or use computers to manage import, export, storage, track batch numbers, expiry dates, origins of drugs and other related information as prescribed by law.
Third, selling prescription drugs without a prescription. Fourth, not having measures to isolate or store drugs of unknown origin in a separate area. Fifth, buying and selling drugs without a circulation registration certificate with a value of less than 1 million VND.
Sixth, trading in goods of unknown origin and source with a value from 3 million VND to less than 5 million VND (the value of the violating goods is more than 3.4 million VND).
Staff at Thanh Mau pharmacy introduce prices of special controlled drugs to reporters (Photo: Dieu Linh).
For the above violations, Thanh Mau Pharmacy was fined 46.5 million VND. The authorities also revoked Ms. D.BT's right to use her pharmacy practice certificate for 4.5 months.
At the same time, Thanh Mau pharmacy was forced to destroy a quantity of drugs without circulation registration certificates, expired drugs, and drugs of unknown origin.
At Phuc Minh 1 pharmacy (012 Lot C, Hung Vuong apartment building, Mac Thien Tich, ward 11, district 5), the Inspector of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health discovered 2 violations.
That is selling prescription drugs without a prescription; trading in goods of unknown origin (medicines worth less than 1 million VND). Phuc Minh 1 Pharmacy was fined 20.8 million VND.
In addition to the fine, the authorities also forced the pharmacy to destroy Cefixim 200 and Polydeson drugs of unknown origin; and forced them to return the illegal profits (VND 17.6 million) gained from the act of "Trading in goods of unknown origin".
At the facility of Mr. Pham Nguyen Thanh K. (364 Nguyen Duy Duong, Ward 9, District 10), the authorities discovered the act of "Selling prescription drugs without a prescription", so they decided to impose a fine of 20 million VND.
Area for storing special controlled drugs at a pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: HL).
Previously, when visiting a series of pharmacies in Ho Chi Minh City and researching on social networking sites (including the above-mentioned penalized establishments), Dan Tri reporters recorded the situation of selling specially controlled drugs in defiance of regulations at many establishments.
No need to ask for a prescription or buy for any purpose, as long as the customer has enough money, many pharmacies and "online markets" freely sell drugs that are inherently specially controlled according to regulations.
A representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health admitted that the situation of selling specially controlled drugs in defiance of regulations at pharmacies in Ho Chi Minh City and on the internet is still complicated.
Authorities have been and are continuing to conduct inspections, supervision, and strict handling of cases of intentional illegal sale of prescription drugs and specially controlled drugs, posing risks to people's health.
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/suc-khoe/phat-nang-nhieu-nha-thuoc-sau-phan-anh-ban-thuoc-nhu-ban-rau-cua-dan-tri-20250603150307117.htm
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