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By Se-Anne Rall 
3h ago
DURBAN – Mayville Ahmed Al-Kadi Hospital (AAK) was charged with violating the Drug and Related Substances Act after a pharmacist allegedly administered ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug, to a patient.
Yesterday, officials from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) and the police raided the hospital after receiving a tip that a patient was picking up medicine from the hospital.
In an interview with East Coast Radio, a SAHPRA official said that they acted on the basis of information that ivermectin had been prescribed and dispensed at the hospital.
The official added that the pharmacist and the hospital manager were questioned and both confirmed that a package, containing ivermectin tablets, had been left at the hospital and delivered.
According to Yuveng Gounden of SAHPRA, the pharmacist who dispensed the medicine and the hospital manager were charged.
AAK hospital manager Ebrahim Asmal declined to comment on the charges.
A Pakistani national was also arrested at King Shaka International Airport after police found more than 2,000 ivermectin tablets in his carry-on luggage. Came from Dubai.
In a statement published earlier this week, SAHPRA said that ivermectin was not indicated or approved for use in humans.
He said there was no confirmatory data available on ivermectin for use in managing Covid-19 infections. “In terms of safety and efficacy, there is no evidence to support the use of ivermectin and we do not have any evidence from clinical trials to justify its use.”
SAHPRA’s full statement can be read here
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