Thursday, November 21, 2024

Toxic Paracetamol Syrup: Pay each victim’s family Tk 15 lakh

HC tells DGDA on deaths of children between 1991 and 2009 News Desk : dhakamirror.com The High Court yesterday ordered the Directorate General of Drug Administration to pay Tk 15 lakh each to the families of 104 children who died after taking toxic paracetamol syrup in 1991 and 2009. It also asked the DGDA to ... Read more

67% medicine retailers not cognizant on antimicrobial drugs: DGDA

By Dhaka Mirror : dhakamirror.com Around 67 percent of medicine retailers cannot identify antibiotics from regular medicines properly as they do not have adequate knowledge about antimicrobial drugs, finds a study by the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA). Sabrina Alam, assistant director at DGDA, disclosed the information at the dissemination programme on current antimicrobial ... Read more