[FILES] A lady looks at hand sanitiser on a shelf at a pharmacy. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), yesterday, cautioned Edo people against patronising drugs sold in unregistered outlets, saying they were dangerous and their authenticity could not be guaranteed due to poor handling and other factors.
Registrar of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), Elijah Mohammed, gave the charge during inspection of Patent and Proprietary Medicines Vendors Shop (PPMVs) and pharmacies in Benin City, the state capital. x
He stressed that many operating unregistered outlets do not have the requisite knowledge to handle ethical medicines and substance abuse.
By Michael E. Umoh
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the limitations and in some cases, inadequacies of healthcare systems, globally â with some regions and countries faring worse than others. It has also revealed how crucial certain professions and services are to our societies. That list includes pharmacies.
In many countries, pharmacists – the third-largest and most accessible healthcare professionals in the world – are often the first point of contact with the healthcare system.
In Nigeria, for example, the healthcare system is split into the private and public sector. The private sector makes up 38 per cent of the healthcare facilities in the nation, while the public sector, fully controlled by the government, is divided into primary, secondary and tertiary systems. Primary healthcare, mainly located in rural areas, only offers essential healthcare services such as maternal and child healthcare.
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has expressed reservations with some provisions of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (Repeal & Re-enactment) Bill 2020. The Chairman of ACPN, Samuel Adekola, in an interview with Daily Trust, said the MDCN Bill 2020 sponsored by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Ibrahim […]