12 December,2022 01:18 PM IST | Pune | PTI
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Patients cannot be compelled to purchase medicines from hospital-attached drug stores, the Maharashtra Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has said.
A notification issued by Commissioner, FDA, Abhimanyu Kale said FDA had received repeated complaints that patients have been forced to buy medicines from the drug store in hospitals.
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"It is illegal for a hospital to force patients to buy medicines from their affiliated stores," said the notification, addressed to all the divisional joint commissioners, assistant commissioners, and drug inspectors (Drugs).
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Patients don't need to purchase medicines from hospital-affiliated shops and the same can be purchased from any licensed drug store, it said.
The hospitals concerned should prominently display a signboard at a prominent place visible to the patients, as per the notification.
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