Telangana DCA raids unqualified practitioner in Karimnagar, seizing 39 types of unlicensed medicines

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The seized medicines during a raid astatine  Laxmi First Aid Centre successful  Karimnagar

The seized medicines during a raid astatine Laxmi First Aid Centre successful Karimnagar | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Officials of the Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) conducted a raid astatine the premises of an unqualified aesculapian practitioner successful Karimnagar connected Saturday (December 27). The raid was carried retired astatine Laxmi First Aid Centre wherever K. Laxminarayana was conducting objective signifier without possessing required aesculapian qualifications.

During the inspection, DCA officials recovered 39 varieties of medicines stocked astatine the session without a valid cause licence. Of these, 35 varieties were physician’s samples, including antibiotics, analgesics and anti-ulcer drugs. The full worth of the seized banal was estimated astatine ₹15,011.

The officials besides detected respective antibiotics specified arsenic Cefixime, Ofloxacin, Cloxacillin, Amoxycillin and Azithromycin astatine the premises. The DCA cautioned that the indiscriminate merchantability and usage of antibiotics by unqualified persons could person superior nationalist wellness consequences, including the emergence and dispersed of antimicrobial resistance.

Published - December 28, 2025 07:47 p.m. IST

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