Health ministry busts illegal clinics, pharmacies run by foreigners in KL
An official says the four premises were operated by foreign nationals under the guise of selling textiles and running travel agencies.
Health officials in Kuala Lumpur have dismantled four illegal clinics and pharmacies that were selling unregistered medicines, as reported by the local health ministry. The operation, conducted in Lebuh Pudu, uncovered premises operated by foreign nationals posing as textile retailers and travel agencies. Two of these locations were allegedly functioning as unauthorized clinics, potentially staffed by foreign doctors.
According to Shafilliza Samsuri, head of the Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya health department's pharmacy enforcement branch, authorities seized blood pressure and blood sugar testing equipment along with unapproved medicines. The confiscated medications included antibiotics, high blood pressure treatments, fungal infection remedies, local anaesthetic injections, and syringe sets.
Most of these drugs were believed to have originated from Bangladesh and had not been registered in Malaysia. The health ministry plans to continue investigating the premises and the individuals allegedly running the illegal clinics.
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