HC plea seeks prescription mandate for antibiotics

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Bangla Tribune Report
Published : 16:38, Apr 24, 2019 | Updated : 17:56, Apr 24, 2019

A person holds pharmaceutical tablets and capsules in this picture illustration taken in Ljubljana September 18, 2013.  REUTERS FILE PHOTOThe High Court has been moved to prohibit sales of antibiotics at medicine shops without a doctor’s prescription.
On Wednesday (Apr 24), Barrister Sayedul Haque Suman filed a public interest litigation petition attaching a report by UK daily the Telegraph which said 80 percent of deaths in Bangladeshi ICUs were linked to superbugs.
The petition also seeks a rule to explain why the sale of antibiotics without prescription should not be declared illegal.
The health secretary, public administration secretary, director general of department of Health Services, and deputy commissioners of all 64 districts, have been made respondents to the writ.
Barrister Suman told the media that the High Court bench of Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Rajik Al Jalil is likely to hear the matter on Thursday.

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