Drug store on roof of coop raided and fake doctor arrested
In a new scene in the series of violations of medical clinics, drug stores and fictitious doctors, the inspection teams of the Manpower Authority and the Ministry of Health seized, last Sunday, a huge drug store in one of the cooperative societies in Farwaniya Governorate, reports Al-Qabas daily. Last Saturday, the “tripartite committee”, with the participation of the Ministry of Health, arrested a Lebanese expatriate who impersonated a doctor and claimed that he “cures all pain.” An official source confirmed to Al-Qabas that the campaigns led by the “manpower”, under the direct supervision of its general manager, Dr. Mubarak Al-Azmi, in cooperation with the Drug Inspection Department in the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Commerce, and the participation of the Consumer Protection Association, come with the aim of preserving consumers and the materials used, in addition to controlling the labor market and violations carried out by business owners and marginal workers.
Tripartite
The source stated that the tripartite committee received a report from a citizen that there is a drug store on the roof of one of the cooperative societies in the Farwaniya governorate, not prepared for storage and in violation of all requirements and did not obtain any license, and it was built on the roof of the society as air-conditioned rooms only, with a subcontract with the management of the society and far from Oversight of the Ministry of Affairs.