Lok Sabha Question No. 533 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Spurious Drugs in Government Hospital
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: C.S. PUTTARAJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 533 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH FEBRUARY , 2016

## SPURIOUS DRUGS IN GO VERNMENT HOSPITAL

## 533. SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that spurious drugs have been found to be in use for patients Government hospitals in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the enormity o f this menace;
- (c) whether the Government has been buying such fake drugs from companies which have eith been banned or blacklisted; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, inter -alia, indicating the action plan of the Government to contro this menace?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

(a) to (d): Health is a State subject and information regarding procurement of medicines State Government and their hospitals is not maintained centrally. However, samples o f d ugs are picked  by  the  drug  regulatory  officials  of  the  Centre  and  States  from  manufacturing dispensing units, Government Hospitals, retail shop, etc. and the details of the spurio found  detected  in  Government  Hospitals  in  the  Country as compiled  by  Drugs  Controller General of India (DCGI) on the basis of the information provided by various states, are enclosed at Annexure .

However,  as  far  as  three  Central  Government  Hospitals  in  Delhi  namely  Safdarjun Hospital,  Dr.  Ram  Manohar  Lohia Hospital,  Lady  Hardinge  Medical  College  and  Associated Hospitals are concerned; these hospitals are reported to have not bought any fake drug companies which have either been banned or blacklisted.

Various  steps  have  been  taken  by  the  Government  t o  check  Spurious  /  Sub - standard Drugs in the country, which  include amending the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 by the Dr & Cosmetics (Amendment) Act, 2008 to provide for more stringent penalties for manufactu and trade of spurious and adulterated dru gs; Overseas inspections of drug manufacturing sites to ensure quality of imported bulk drugs; Amendment of Schedule M to the Drugs and Cosmetic Rules,  1945,  pertaining  to  Good  Manufacturing  Practices  in  2001  and  applicable  it  t manufacturers  in  June ,  2005  to  make  it  at  par  with  the  international  standards,  etc. mandatory for the manufacturers of drugs to comply with the requirements of this Schedul quality control of the drugs manufactured by them.

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|   S. No. | Name of States       | The number of cases of Spurious Government Hospital in various parts country as per information State/UT's Drugs Controllers   |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh       | Nil (Data up to June, 2015)                                                                                                    |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh    | 1 case in January, 2016                                                                                                        |
|        3 | Assam                | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|        4 | Bihar                | Nil (Data upto December, 2014)                                                                                                 |
|        5 | Goa                  | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|        6 | Gujarat              | Nil (Data up to June, 2015)                                                                                                    |
|        7 | Haryana              | Nil (Data up to June, 2015)                                                                                                    |
|        8 | Himachal Pradesh     | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|        9 | Jammu & Kashmir      | 4 (Upto to December, 2015)                                                                                                     |
|       10 | Karnataka            | 28                                                                                                                             |
|       11 | Kerala               | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|       12 | Madhya Pradesh       | Nil (Data up to June, 2015)                                                                                                    |
|       13 | Maharashtra          | Nil (Data up to June, 2015)                                                                                                    |
|       14 | Manipur              | Nil (Data up to June, 2015)                                                                                                    |
|       15 | Meghalaya            | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|       16 | Mizoram              | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|       17 | Nagaland             | Nil (Data up to June, 2015)                                                                                                    |
|       18 | Orissa               | Nil (Data up to June, 2015)                                                                                                    |
|       19 | Punjab               | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|       20 | Rajasthan            | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|       21 | Sikkim               | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|       22 | Tamil Nadu           | 7                                                                                                                              |
|       23 | Tripura              | 2                                                                                                                              |
|       24 | Uttar Pradesh        | 1 case reported in the year 2013 - 14 (Data to December, 2014)                                                                 |
|       25 | West Bengal          | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|       26 | Pondicherry          | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|       27 | Andaman & Nicobar    | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|       28 | Chandigarh           | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|       29 | Delhi                | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|       30 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Nil (Data up to June, 2015)                                                                                                    |
|       31 | Daman & Diu          | Nil (Data up to June, 2015)                                                                                                    |
|       32 | Lakshadweep          | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|       33 | Chhattisgarh         | Nil                                                                                                                            |
|       34 | Jharkhand            | Nil (Data up to June, 2015)                                                                                                    |
|       35 | Uttarakhand          | Nil (Data up to June, 2015)                                                                                                    |
|       36 | Telangana            | Not reported                                                                                                                   |

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