ACODECO Finds Expired Medicines at Five Private Hospitals
(Panama-Guide) - Mi Diario - Five private hospitals in Panama City could be forced to pay fines of $50,000 after more than 700 expired products were discovered in their warehouses, emergency rooms, hospitals, intensive care units, and pharmacies. The Consumer Protection Authority in Panama (ACODECO) working together in a joint operation with the Ministry of Health conducted inspections of the Clínica Hospital Río Abajo, Centro Médico Paitilla, Hospital Nacional, Santa Fe and the Clínica Hospital San Fernando, detected 629 expired medicines and another 137 with no expiration data. All of these were immediately seized.
