Fake Drugs Tarnish Country’s Reputation
Mauritius is in the midst of a controversy in a medicine-trafficking case after a programme by French Channel 5 was broadcast on MBCTV ten days ago. It was reported that fake medicines produced in Mumbai were packed in the Mauritian Freeport and dispatched to African countries. The arrest of a woman from Seychelles and a South African as well as the seizure of 185,000 tablets during a raid in the Freeport last weekend have proved this report correct. The ministry of Health is thinking of recruiting more pharmacists to be posted at the port and airport to help put an end to the traffic.
17 October 2006