The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, has recently launched an e-service to enable health facilities to apply for a permit dispose of expired and unused medical and pharmaceutical products, in a systemised manner. Both controlled and uncontrolled medicines can also be registered as medical waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MoHAP said the service aims to enhance public health and environmental safety, while implementing precautionary measures and physical distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The service is accessible via smartphones where users can submit a request and save any records and documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Hessa Ali Mubarak, Director of Health Empowerment and Compliance Department, said that the service comes within the framework of the smart and e-transformation of regulatory and supervisory services on health facilities and pharmacies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The service includes five categories, including uncontrolled medicines that are imported by a local agent, the controlled medicines of the second group listed in the Ministry\u2019s resolution No. 888 of 2016, which are traded and imported by a local agent and distributed to licenced pharmacies and medical warehouses, medicines and drugs which imported by MoHAP\u2019s licenced warehouses according to a purchase order by public or private hospitals, all the pharmaceutical raw materials, drugs medicines and nutritional supplements that are prescribed by medical prescription,” she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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