The Drug Controller of Delhi Government told the High Court on Thursday that ‘Gautam Gambhir Foundation’ has been found guilty of unauthorized hoarding, buying and distribution of Fabiflu, a drug used for the treatment of covid-19 patients. The Drug Controller said that action should be taken against the foundation, drug dealers without any delay. The Drugs Controller told HC that MLA Praveen Kumar has also been found guilty of similar offenses under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
The court directed the Drug Controller to file a status report on the progress of these cases within six weeks and fixed July 29 for its next hearing.
Drug controllers should probe Gautam Gambhir’s issue regarding distribution of Fabiflu drugs: Delhi HC
Significantly, on May 25, the Delhi High Court had directed the Drug Controller to investigate the matter of drugs purchased on a large scale by politicians amid shortage of medicines used in the treatment of Kovid-19. The court remarked that BJP MP Gautam Gambhir was distributing medicines with a good intention, but his sentiment had inadvertently done him a ‘dignity’.
The Delhi High Court had directed the Drug Controller of Delhi to conduct a similar inquiry and submit a status report in the matter of allegations of hoarding and buying oxygen by AAP MLAs Preeti Tomar and Praveen Kumar.
A bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh had said that the Drug Controller should find out how it was possible for a person to buy two thousand leaves of the drug Febiflu when there was already a shortage of that medicine and how the shopkeeper bought so much medicine. given. The court said, “Gautam Gambhir did it with good intention. We have no doubts about their intention.
He is the national player of our country but our question is whether this is a responsible behavior when you knew there was a shortage of medicine. In fact, it was a disservice, even if it must have happened unintentionally. This is not a way to buy so many medicines from the market, definitely not.
