A MEETING on Thursday at the Professional Centre, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, conducted the formalities to elect a new executive for the Pharmacy Board, but Clinton Sahadeo who was elected as new president afterwards told reporters he expected a legal challenge of the legitimacy of the proceedings by incumbent president Andrew Rahaman who was absent. Rahaman later told reporters he did not recognise the validity of the meeting nor the new executive.
A THREE-DAY stalemate over expired practising certificates for pharmacists to operate received a balm late Monday with news that Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh had signed regulations to extend the their validity. On Friday, Ministry of Health attorneys wrote to the Pharmacy Board to demand it issue certificates to all pharmacists who had paid their fees.
PHARMACY Board president Andrew Rahaman said eleventh-hour regulations issued by Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh on Monday had extended the registration of the country's pharmacists but not of pharmacies.