Several medical facilities in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong province were fined for violations involving medicine storage and use, pharmacy operations, and medical services.
According to the latest list of administrative penalties in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics sector published by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, Saigon International Obstetrics Hospital JSC, at 63 Bùi Thị Xuân in Bến Thành Ward, was fined VND 15 million. The violation involved the storage, production, preparation, dispensing, and use of medicines and pharmaceutical ingredients subject to special control.
Y Tâm Giao Co., Ltd., which operates the Binh Duong Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital at 455 Cách Mạng Tháng Tám in Thủ Dầu Một Ward, was also fined VND 15 million for a similar violation.
Hóa dược Toàn Phúc Co., Ltd., at 56/1 Street 165 in Bình Mỹ Commune, was fined VND 85 million for violations involving the storage of medicines and pharmaceutical ingredients and the expansion of its storage facility. Pharmacist Nguyễn Đăng K., the facility's person responsible for pharmaceutical operations, was barred from using his professional practice certificate for 4.5 months.
Đào tạo K&N Import-Export Trading Co., Ltd., at 34 Street 2G in the Nam Hùng Vương residential area, Ward 68, An Lạc Ward, was fined VND 75 million. Inspectors found violations involving the sale of labeled goods and cosmetics. The company was ordered to recall unauthorized products.
Business location Pharmacy No. 91, at 323 Tân Kỳ Tân Quý in Tân Sơn Nhì Ward, was fined VND 30 million for selling prescription medicines without prescriptions.
AMVGROUP Medical JSC, at 167B Lê Văn Lương Street in Nhà Bè Commune, was fined VND 15 million for violations related to its storage facility. Phương Ngân Store, a household business at 67 Trần Khắc Chân Street in Tân Định Ward, was fined VND 22.5 million after another violation was also found.
HYPPO Medical Services JSC and HYPPO Clinic, at 10/16 Trần Nhật Duật Street in Tân Định Ward, were fined VND 15 million for a violation related to a pharmaceutical practice certificate.
In the health sector, the company operating Binh Duong International General Hospital and its general clinic at 214 Ngô Gia Tự Street in Residential Cluster 10, Thủ Dầu Một Ward, was fined VND 94 million for two violations.
First, the facility provided medical examination and treatment outside its permitted professional scope. Second, it failed to prepare medical records and patient files using the required forms. In addition to the fine, the person responsible for the facility's professional operations was barred from using a medical practice certificate for two months.
General practitioner Nguyễn Thị Kim O. was fined VND 35 million for providing medical examination and treatment outside the scope of her practice. She was also barred from using her medical practice certificate for 7.5 months.
Sources: Dân Trí
