16 August 2005
DOH: 12 prominent docs in counterfeit drugs ‘blue book’
THE Department of Health has withheld the identities of 12 doctors listed in a supposed ‘blue book’ taken from two women distributors of counterfeit medicines who were arrested by combined elements of the police and National Bureau of Investigation last Friday.
Dr. Reynaldo Jacinto, chief of the Standards and Regulations Division of the Department of Health regional office, said the supposed ‘blue book’ was among those seized from Glenda Verzosa, 30, and Alma Domingo, 28, when they were arrested aboard a tricycle at a road intersection in Calasiao town.
The list included 10 prominent doctors in Pangasinan and two others from Ilocos Sur, one of whom is a local government official there.
These doctors, including a drugstore, the name of which was also withheld, were believed conduits of a big-time syndicate engaged in the manufacture, transport, distribution and sale of counterfeit drugs.
Lawmen however said this is yet to be verified saying that inclusion in a supposed ‘blue book’ does not mean anything, unless substantiated.
Jacinto witnessed the filing of the complaints against the two women suspects last Saturday before the City Prosecutors Office. Verzosa and Domingo could post bail of P60,000 each for their provisional liberty.
Verzosa and Domingo refused to reveal where they obtained the counterfeit drugs found in their possession, all of which were valued at some P600,000.
Some reports however stated that they sourced out the counterfeit medicines from a still unidentified Pakistani national whom they met in a still undisclosed place in Pangasinan.
Jacinto said about 80 percent of the medicines seized form the two women had Arabic wordings that indicated they were smuggled in from an Arab country, possibly Pakistan.
Dr. Reynaldo Jacinto, chief of the Standards and Regulations Division of the Department of Health regional office, said the supposed ‘blue book’ was among those seized from Glenda Verzosa, 30, and Alma Domingo, 28, when they were arrested aboard a tricycle at a road intersection in Calasiao town.
The list included 10 prominent doctors in Pangasinan and two others from Ilocos Sur, one of whom is a local government official there.
These doctors, including a drugstore, the name of which was also withheld, were believed conduits of a big-time syndicate engaged in the manufacture, transport, distribution and sale of counterfeit drugs.
Lawmen however said this is yet to be verified saying that inclusion in a supposed ‘blue book’ does not mean anything, unless substantiated.
Jacinto witnessed the filing of the complaints against the two women suspects last Saturday before the City Prosecutors Office. Verzosa and Domingo could post bail of P60,000 each for their provisional liberty.
Verzosa and Domingo refused to reveal where they obtained the counterfeit drugs found in their possession, all of which were valued at some P600,000.
Some reports however stated that they sourced out the counterfeit medicines from a still unidentified Pakistani national whom they met in a still undisclosed place in Pangasinan.
Jacinto said about 80 percent of the medicines seized form the two women had Arabic wordings that indicated they were smuggled in from an Arab country, possibly Pakistan.
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This is beyond me. I could not believe people would do such a thing. Do us a favor, publish the names of these perpetuators and the names of the drugstores who are involved in this scam so we can alert the consumers of their illegal acts. As a member of the media you have a responsibility to inform your readers about this illegalities because it damages lives. I've just spoken to my friend back home and he told me that a drugstore in Lingayen is selling a counterfeit drugs. His kids are sick and he bought a medicine for them. He had been administering these medicines to his kids for almost a week now, but, he hasn't seen any improvement. He suspects that the medicines aren't real coz they're not as effective as the one's (same name) he used to give his kids. Now, people must stand up to this. No one, should benefit from selling counterfeit drugs to the innocent people. This is the lowest of the low. People should demand a closure to the stores involved and to those doctors to be locked in jail and stripped off their professional licenses. So, they can't practice their profession anywhere else for good. Do these people sleep at nite? How can they do these things? Wala na bang konsensya ang mga tao? People, wake up and use your power! Make demands. Don't just sit in a corner and accept this as a way of life in Pangasinan. Do something!
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