Why Health Ministry has proposed CCTV surveillance at medical stores for prescription drugs
The proposed amendment is intended to prevent the unauthorised access to and sale of Schedule H, H1 and X drugs without valid prescriptions.
The Indian health ministry has declared that stem cell therapy for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) will not be offered as standard clinical care or in commercial settings. Such treatment can only be administered during approved clinical trials. Priyanka Sharma, a journalist at Mint, reports that this policy reaffirmation was communicated by the health ministry.
Sharma, with a journalism degree from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication and public health training from the Public Health Foundation of India, has been covering health ministry matters and the pharmaceutical sector for Mint.
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