11 percent Drug Samples From Government Hospitals Failed Quality Test

New Delhi, 7 Feb 2019: Eleven per cent of drug samples collected from Delhi government hospitals and 4% from retail and wholesale shops were declared as not of standard quality, states an RTI reply from the Drug Control Department.

Of the total 2,276 samples collected from retails, wholesalers and government hospitals in the city, from 2013 to 2018 — 115 samples of drugs were “not of standard quality”.

The Drug Control Department stated that it collected 1,955 drug samples from 2013 to March 2018 from retail and wholesale shops across Delhi, in which 79 drugs samples (4%) were not of standard quality.

During the same period, 321 samples were collected from government hospitals of which 36 (11%) were not of standard quality.The Hindu