Archive · 2 Oct 2025
Maharashtra Forms Flying Squad to Combat Counterfeit Medicines
The Maharashtra Health Department is creating a special team to stop fake and bad medicines from being used in hospitals.
This team will make surprise visits, using special machines to check the medicines.
If they find problems, the people responsible will face legal trouble.
This is happening because they found some bad medicine at a hospital recently.
Also, they are thinking about making it easier for smaller hospitals to follow the rules.
Maharashtra Health Department will form a flying squad.
The squad will inspect hospitals and primary health centers.
Modern drug detection machines will be used to test medicine quality.
Criminal cases will be filed against responsible officials for substandard medicines.
Recent lapses include detection of substandard antibiotic tablets at Nanded Government Hospital.
- Who
- Maharashtra State Health Department
- What
- Forming a flying squad to curb counterfeit medicines and substandard medicines in government hospitals.
- When
- Ongoing, with upcoming winter Assembly session
- Where
- Maharashtra, India
- Why
- To ensure the quality and safety of medicines and improve patient care.
- Department
- Maharashtra State Health Department
- Squad Objective
- Curb counterfeit medicines in government hospitals
- Inspection Targets
- Hospitals and primary health centers
- Action
- Criminal cases against those responsible
- Focus
- Duplicate and substandard medicines
- Recent Incident
- 1.5 lakh substandard antibiotic tablets at Nanded hospital