TANGERANG - A total of 19,269 drugs containing ethilet glycol (EG) from 38 health centers were withdrawn by the Tangerang City Health Office (Dinkes) on Tuesday, November 8.
The Head of the Tangerang City Health Service Division, Suhendra, detailed that the drugs that were withdrawn consisted of 1,462 paracetamol drugs and 17,807 mild antation drugs from PT AFI FARMA. Now the drugs are immediately secured at the UPTD Gudang Pharmacy Tangerang City.
"For today, we have secured 1,462 paracetamolAMETAMINE from PT AFI Farma," Suhendra told reporters in the Cibodas area, Tangerang City, Tuesday, November 8.
Suhendra revealed that the thousands of drugs withdrawn were drugs budgeted by the local government, where previously it was prescribed to patients.
"This drug is a budget from the APBD, and we are making withdrawals, after containing hazardous materials such as those released by BPOM," he said.
Therefore, thousands of drugs were immediately returned to the company for extermination steps. Then to anticipate drug trafficking, his party conducts sudden checks or inspections (sidak) to every drug store or pharmacy.
"Our job is only to check, supervise, and withdraw special drugs at the Puskesmas, then we take them to the warehouse and return them to the company. We, with our friends at the puskesmas, have conducted inspections at pharmacies and drug stores, only securing and quarantine," he concluded.
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