Fake milk, fake medicine: Ministry of Health proposes to review prescribing, consulting and advertising by medical staff

Fake milk products include milk products for children, diabetics, and post-surgery patients - Illustration: TTO

Review prescriptions and drug indications

According to the Ministry of Health, recently, it has received reports about medical staff advising and instructing patients and their families on the use of milk products produced and distributed by a number of businesses, organizations and individuals, which were investigated and discovered to be fake milk, and the production and trade of fake drugs on a large scale...

To ensure that medical examination and treatment strictly comply with legal regulations, medical expertise and ensure the rights and safety of patients, the Ministry of Health requests that directors of hospitals under the Ministry and directors of provincial and municipal health departments urgently direct implementation, specifically:

Regarding prescription, indication, and use of drugs: review , check, and compare the list of drugs and drugs used in medical examination and treatment facilities with counterfeit drugs that have been investigated, discovered, and handled by competent authorities recently, and take measures to handle them according to regulations (if there are violations).

Review and check prescriptions for non-medicinal products such as milk, functional foods, etc. to promptly correct and take measures to handle according to regulations (if there are violations).

The Ministry also requested units to strengthen inspection, supervision and rectification if detecting acts in medical examination and treatment: prescribing and indicating the use of drugs that have not been licensed for circulation according to the provisions of the law on pharmaceuticals in medical examination and treatment.

Prescribing drugs, ordering technical services, medical equipment, suggesting transferring patients to other facilities or engaging in other acts for personal gain

People who practice selling drugs in any form; take advantage of prescribing drugs for personal gain; advertise drugs without the content being confirmed by a competent state management agency or inconsistent with the confirmed content.

Urgently deploy solutions to ensure the prescription and use of drugs appropriately, safely and effectively. Manage and supervise the prescription and use of drugs by practitioners in accordance with diagnosis, disease status, necessity, right purpose, safety, rationality and effectiveness.

Strengthen clinical pharmacy activities in prescription consultation and monitoring; monitoring adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and implementing drug interaction management activities according to the guidance of the Ministry of Health.

Review medical staff consulting and advertising milk

Regarding the consumption of non-medicinal products such as milk, functional foods, etc. in medical examination and treatment facilities, the Ministry of Health recommends that units:

Check and review the medical staff's consultation, introduction and sale of dairy products (especially fake dairy products that have been investigated and discovered by the investigation agency), functional foods... to patients and their families.

Review and ensure that nutrition activities in hospitals are carried out in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Health on nutrition activities in hospitals.

Inspect and supervise the information, advertising, marketing, prescription, consultation, labeling, and instructions for use of non-medicinal products that are used to prevent, cure, diagnose, treat, alleviate, and regulate physiological functions of the human body.

Medical staff involved in advertising for fake milk company under investigation - Photo: TTO

Advertising beyond the scope of practice or beyond the scope of professional activities approved by the competent authority, taking advantage of medical knowledge to falsely advertise medical examination and treatment. Strictly handle, absolutely do not cover up or tolerate violations.

At the same time, strengthen the dissemination of legal regulations and timely information to raise awareness and sense of responsibility of medical staff, patients, relatives and people in participating in detecting and combating violations.

The Ministry of Health requests units to direct the implementation of the above contents and report the implementation status and results of handling violations (if any) to the Ministry of Health (through the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management) before April 24.

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