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  "id": 7976823,
  "title": "CCTV proposed at medical stores for sale of prescription drugs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/cctv-proposed-at-medical-stores-for-sale-of-prescription-drugs",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-17T07:36:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu Health",
    "slug": "the-hindu-health",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/cctv-proposed-at-medical-stores-for-sale-of-prescription-drugs/article71475752.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Union Health Ministry has proposed making CCTV surveillance mandatory at licensed premises selling prescription drugs, as part of amendments to the Drugs Rules, 1945. The draft notification, G.S.R. 791(E), issued on September 8, requires the supply of drugs on the prescription of a registered medical practitioner, other than through wholesale dealing, to take place under a CCTV surveillance system installed and maintained at the licensed premises. The recordings would have to be preserved for at least three months, following deliberations by the Drugs Consultative Committee (DCC) and consideration by the Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB).",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "CCTV proposed at medical stores for sale of prescription drugs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/cctv-proposed-at-medical-stores-for-sale-of-prescription-drugs-7978249",
        "published": "2026-09-17T07:36:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Govt proposes mandatory CCTV to monitor unauthorised sale of prescription drugs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/govt-proposes-mandatory-cctv-to-monitor-unauthorised-sale-of",
        "published": "2026-09-17T11:03:31.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}