This story is from April 28, 2021

Bihar: Raid at Bhagalpur med shops after reports of blackmarketing

A team led by a drug inspector and the local police raided several medical shops and establishments in Bhagalpur town on Tuesday in the wake of reports of an artificial shortage for medicines being used in the treatment of Covid-19 as well as homecare medical equipment such as pulse oximeter.
Bihar: Raid at Bhagalpur med shops after reports of blackmarketing
Earlier, Bhagalpur DM Subrat Kumar Sen had issued a warning to medicine traders and other establishments for not indulging in any unscrupulous activities, such as making an artificial shortage of medicines and medical equipment (Representative image)
BHAGALPUR: A team led by a drug inspector and the local police raided several medical shops and establishments in Bhagalpur town on Tuesday in the wake of reports of an artificial shortage for medicines being used in the treatment of Covid-19 as well as homecare medical equipment such as pulse oximeter.
"We raided a few medicine shops, and some incriminating evidence has been seized from a medicine shop. Action will be taken against the proprietor of the shop," Jitendra Kumar Sinha, the drug inspector at Bhagalpur, said.
He added, "We have issued directions to the medicine shop owners to display the price of medicines on the display-board at their respective shops.
Suitable legal actions would be taken against medicine shop owners, who would be found flouting rules and indulge in unfair trade practices."
Earlier, Bhagalpur DM Subrat Kumar Sen had issued a warning to medicine traders and other establishments for not indulging in any unscrupulous activities, such as making an artificial shortage of medicines and medical equipment.
Residents welcomed the step and claimed that a section of medicine traders and shops were indulging in misconduct and were into black marketing of pulse oximeter and taking extra money for essential medicines prescribed for Covid-19 treatment.
Ajit Sharma, Congress MLA from Bhagalpur and Congress legislature party leader in Bihar Vidhan Sabha, alleged that he has received complaints about the artificial shortage and exorbitant prices charged for essential medicines being prescribed for treating Covid-19 positive patients. "Pulse Oximeter and other medical equipment are being charged double of the normal price. I have written to Bhagalpur DM on this issue and about the problems being faced by Covid-19 patients and their family. The issue will be brought into the knowledge of CM Nitish Kumar as well," Sharma said.
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