Overview

• Special raids conducted from August 22 to September 15 led to 809 inspections of medical shops and unauthorised practitioners across Telangana.
• Officials issued about 234 show-cause notices, suspended roughly 165 retail licences, and cancelled seven after detecting non-compliance.
• Detected violations included dispensing without valid prescriptions or bills, operating without a registered pharmacist, and failing to maintain purchase and sales records.
• The targeted products—mifepristone and misoprostol—are Schedule H medicines that can be sold only on a doctor’s prescription.
• In a fresh advisory, the DCA said medical termination drugs must be administered by qualified gynecologists in approved facilities under MTP law, warning of legal action and risks such as excessive uterine bleeding.