The Ministry of Health and Population carried out monitoring at pharmacies across the country including the Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts).

The monitoring aims to check whether or not the pharmacies are selling quality medicines and pharmaceutical products in the right way, said Minister Mohan Bahadur Basnet. 

As part of the monitoring drive, a government team including the minister himself carried out monitoring at Time Medical Pharmacy at Patan in Lalitpur, Sewa Health Care Pvt. Ltd. at Ekantakuna, and Alka Hospital Pharmacy at Jawalakhel.

During the monitoring, Time Medical and Sewa Health Care were found selling date-expired medicines and the medicines that are not allowed to sell, said Minister Basnet.

On the occasion, the minister said the pharmacies selling date-expired medicines would be taken action as per the law.

Director General of the Department of Drug Administration Narayan Prasad Dhakal, assistant Chief District Officer of the District Administration Office, Lalitpur Amardeep Sunsar, representatives of the Ministry of Health and Population, and the Narcotics Control Bureau, employees of the Department and media-persons were other members of the team.

According to the Ministry, 20 monitoring teams were mobilized in the Kathmandu Valley today.

Separate mechanisms have been created in all 77 districts to monitor pharmacies.