Health Secretary orders availability of all life saving drugs in markets.

PESHAWAR -- The Secretary Health, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has ordered the Directorate of Drug Control and Pharmacy Services

(DG, DC and PS) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to ensure availability of all life saving drugs in the markets in the wake of COVID-19 spread.

A notification issued here on Friday said following the instruction, the directorate has kicked off a campaign and deputed special inspectors to ensure provincial drug inspection in the drugs/Medicines markets.

Provincial drug inspectors carried out series of inspections in which large quantities of suspected Xanax tablets were recovered and seized by Drug Control inspector Peshawar, while large quantities of a lifesaving drug used in dialysis were also seized in violation of drug discount and price adjustment rules by Drug Control Nowshera.

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