66 hospital pharmacies in Telangana to face show cause notices after DCA raids

Telangana: In a statewide crackdown, the Drugs Control Administration (DCA) of Telangana detected several irregularities in sixty-six pharmacies located in or attached to various corporate hospitals in the state during the special raids. 

The findings emerged during a special drive conducted on May 5, 2025 to verify the practices of pharmacies in various corporate hospitals across the State.

The DCA confirmed that show cause notices shall be issued to all the sixty-six pharmacies and action shall be taken as per the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and the rules made thereunder.

The irregularities reported included the dispensing of prescription medicines in the absence of a Registered Pharmacist; non-maintenance and failure to produce sales bills of medicines; failure to maintain prescription drug registers and Schedule H1 drug registers; failure to produce purchase bills for medicines stocked in the pharmacies; sale of drugs without the prescription of a Registered Medical Practitioner; irregularities in the maintenance of copies of sales bills and purchase bills; failure to stock thermolabile drugs under the recommended storage conditions; and the stocking of expired drugs along with saleable drugs in the pharmacies.