Consumer Rights Chittagong has fined two institutions 2 lakh 4 thousand taka for keeping expired medicines in two pharmacies of Chevron Clinical Laboratory in Panchlaish, Chittagong.
Today Tuesday (October 1) in two pharmacies located on the 2nd and 6th floors of Chevron in the promoter area of the city, such irregularities were caught during the inspection by the Chittagong divisional and Chittagong district office of the National Consumer Protection Directorate.
The campaign was led by Mohammad Faiz Ullah, Deputy Director of Consumer Rights Chittagong Division. Nasreen Akhtar, Rana Dev Nath were with him.
According to Consumer Rights, M/s Chevron Pharmacy on the 2nd floor was storing a significant number of expired medicines for sale in addition to selling them at extra cost and they were storing the medicines in the same packet as the expired medicines. In view of this, a fine of 1 lakh rupees was imposed. In view of 1 written complaint of overcharging in the same pharmacy, a fine of 4000 taka is imposed on the settlement of the complaint, of which 25% i.e. 1000 taka will be given to the complainant as an incentive.
A significant number of expired medicines can be seen in the pharmacy on the 6th floor of the hospital. These include cough, antibiotic and diabetic medicines. They are storing the expired medicines in the same packet as the expired medicines. In view of this, a fine of Rs.
Faiz Ullah, Deputy Director of Consumer Rights, said that by imposing and collecting a total of 2 lakh 4 thousand rupees fine in 2 pharmacies, it is warned that such crimes should not be organized in the future. The monitoring activities of the National Consumer Rights Protection Directorate will continue in the public interest.
Source: dainikazadi.net
