Probe into maternal deaths in Raj expands to drug quality checks | Jaipur News

The move follows quality tests in Kota, where two medicines failed to meet prescribed standards Jaipur: The state health department has expanded its investigation into maternal deaths in Bhilwara and Banswara, with drug controller teams seizing and collecting samples of medicines used in the treatment of the women to check for possible quality lapses.Officials said…

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UP seized fake drugs worth over Rs 3cr, junked 58 licences in major crackdown | Lucknow News

Lucknow: The food safety and drug administration (FSDA) has unearthed an interstate syndicate allegedly involved in the sale of counterfeit medicines, black marketing of govt hospital drugs, relabelling, fake billing and illegal distribution of physician samples.The action, carried out under the directions of chief minister Yogi Adityanath, was led by FSDA commissioner Roshan Jacob. A…

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Govt hosps barred from using locally procured drugs pending lab tests | Jaipur News

Jaipur: Following multiple post-caesarean deaths in Kota and Bikaner since last month, and complications following similar procedures in Jodhpur more recently, the Rajasthan health department has barred govt medical institutions from directly administering locally-purchased medicines to patients until they receive laboratory clearance.Detailed guidelines to this effect were issued Tuesday following a TOI report that highlighted…

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