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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday, warned that it would prosecute any health practitioner or pharmacies found prescribing or selling banned drugs to the public.

The agency also alerted on the circulation of banned Gentamycin 280mg injection in the country.

This is coming on the heels of its recent investigation into two separate deaths, following the administration of banned Gentamycin 280mg injection.

Director-General of NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, who vowed to ensure that strict measures were taken against any perpetrator caught, wondered why medical practitioners, who knew the dangers of administering banned drugs should continue to do so.

Orhii spoke at a briefing on the death of two Nigerians, Miss Florence Bagidi, a final year student of Benue State University and Miss Florence Saawuan, an NCE holder, after being treated with Gentamycin 280mg injection in Makurdi and Gboko areas of Benue State.

He noted that NAFDAC had decided to prosecute any medical practitioner, who administered banned drugs that led to the death of a patient for homicide.

He said: “We had decided to prosecute any health practitioner or pharmacies, who administered banned drugs that lead to death for homicide and any one that lead to adverse drug reaction for a number of years and other fines.”

Alerting the public on the circulation of banned Gentamycin 280mg since 2010, he said NAFDAC was investigating the cause of the two deaths.

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