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Communities warned against purchase of illegal medication

South African Police Service officers in the Western Cape warned the public against buying medication from unregistered providers after illegal medication was found for sale in Nyanga. A 38-year-old suspect was arrested, and some of the medicine was expired.

Packaging blood donations (MAMAS CA44-216-15), National Museum of Health and Medicine Description: Technicians at a blood bank packaging blood for shipment. These donations could be used for transfusions. Date: March 1944 Photo ID: MAMAS CA44-216-15 Source collection: OHA 220.1: Museum and Medical Arts Service (MAMAS) Photographs Repository: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Otis Historical Archives Rights: No known restrictions upon publication, physical copy retained by National Museum o
Illustrative image: Packaging blood donations (MAMAS CA44-216-15), National Museum of Health and Medicine Description: Technicians at a blood bank packaging blood for shipment. These donations could be used for transfusions. Date: March 1944 Photo ID: MAMAS CA44-216-15 Source collection: OHA 220.1: Museum and Medical Arts Service (MAMAS) Photographs Repository: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Otis Historical Archives Rights: No known restrictions upon publication, physical copy retained by National Museum o — National Museum of Health and Medicine/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Why it matters

The warning follows the discovery of illegal and expired medicine being sold to the public.

Location

Categories: public-health

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Confidence
6/10
Geographic reach
2/10
Global importance
2/10
Impact magnitude
2/10
Positivity
3/10
Urgency
3/10

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