JAIPUR: In a probe conducted by Food Safety and Drug Control Commissionerate (FSDCC), 101 pharmacists were given registration or in the process of allotment of registration by Rajasthan Pharmacy Council (RPC) on fake documents.
The FSDCC was investigating the matter as in 2022 unprecedented rise in registration of pharmacists was reported. Those pharmacists getting RPC registration are allowed to work at chemist or even as a pharmacist at drug distribution counter of free medicine scheme in government hospitals. Procuring RPC registration on fake document could pose risk for patients.
Health department’s drug controller (I) Ajay Phatak said, “In 2022, around 12,000 registrations of pharmacists were done by RPC. Normally, on an average, every year 2,000 to 3,000 registrations happened in the past. The investigation initiated and 101 pharmacists were found procuring RPC registration on fake documents.”
