Bulawayo pharmacy sold expired drugs

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By Lindie Whiz

A BULAWAYO magistrate has called for a review of the law after the manager of a pharmacy caught selling expired drugs escaped with a fine.

Plus Two Pharmacy, at the corner of Robert Mugabe Way and 9th Avenue, went on trial, and not its managers – an area of law which magistrate Phathekile Msipa said needs to be reviewed.

Before fining the pharmacy Z$800, Msipa noted with great concern that the offence was serious and he would rather have seen the company directors or managers sent to jail.

The pharmacy, represented by its manager, Mohamed Suleman Hajat, was charged with contravening a section of the Medicines and Allied Substances Control Act which deals with selling expired drugs.

Hajat, 34, pleaded guilty on behalf of the pharmacy to two counts of selling expired drugs.

The court heard how on August 28 last month a man went to the pharmacy to buy drugs for his sick child. On arrival at home, he discovered that the drugs expired in September LAST YEAR. He lodged a report with the police.

On September 2, this month, another man bought drugs from the same pharmacy only to discover they were expired after using them. He returned them to find Hajat being quizzed by detectives.

Drugs are in short supply as Zimbabwe grapples with a major economic crisis, and some drug companies have been taking advantage of the sick to reap obscene profits.
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