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Medicines found abandoned
View(s):A large stock of medicines some with dates expired, as well as some whose dates of expiration had not elapsed were found abandoned by the roadside along the Mundalama Madurankuliya Road last week.
Story and Pix by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe
The Police said the stock of medicines could have been abandoned either by a yet unidentified pharmaceutical firm or by unknown individuals…
Though some of the drugs had not reached their expiry period, they bore no manufacturers names. Police sources said over 10,000 tablets were among the stock discovered and were strewn among other waste material.
Sub Inspector M.D. Ranaweera on the direction of OIC Mundalama took the stock of drugs into the custody of the Madurankuliya police.
The police were at a loss as to why the stock of drugs had been discarded.
Chairman of the Putlam Provncial Council Anjana Sandaruwan who visited the site said they are facing a major problem with waste material thrown on either side of the road. He added police would take immediate action to bring the litterbugs to book.
Nihal Premaratne, Food and Drugs Contoller Puttlam District said specific rules governed disposal of expired drugs and had to be disposed of in the presence of an authorized officer by burning them in an oven at a high temperature.
He emphasized it was a punishable offence to bury, or attempt to dispose of medicinal drugs in open spaces as drugs contain different chemicals.
The stock of drugs was discovered abandoned beside the Mundalama-Madurankuliya Road.
Drugs of different varieties and shapes are seen discarded
These abandoned drugs could pose a threat to human life
A section of the drugs taken into custody
The drugs were taken into the custody of the Mundalama police.
Police officers rummage through the abandoned drugs