Pharmacy Board destroys Drugs worth over Le 180 Million

Makeni, May 20, 016 (MOHS) - The Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone on Thursday May 19, 2016 destroyed counterfeit, expired, unregistered, deteriorated, and classes A and B drugs worth Le185,000,000 at the Makama dumping site in Makeni, northern Sierra Leone.

Making the symbolic fire destruction of the medicines, the Acting Minister of Health and Sanitation,Madam MadinaRahman condemned the sale of drugs by peddlers noting that they create problem for the people that consume these medicines as well as for both themselves and the health system.

She expressed concern over the proliferation of fake drugs in the market places, the streets and unregistered enterprises, and called on the City Councils to assist the ministry in the area of issuing eligible permits to peddlers.

Madam Minister noted that the peddlers are untrained and unqualified, not trained to deal with medication and yet deals with medicines that pose a threat to public health.

In his remarks, the Registrar Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone, Mr. Wiltshire Johnson described the event as an occasion to apex the work of the ministry within the framework of public health by ensuring that only good quality medicines are sold on the markets of the northern region and across the country.

publish - May 23, 2016

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