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Narcotic medicines watched closely in UAE

Ministry of Health to launch electronic system to monitor prescription and use of medicines containing narcotics

  • By Noorhan Barakat, Staff Reporter

Dubai: The Ministry of Health will launch in a few weeks an integrated electronic system to monitor the prescription and use of medicines containing narcotic substances across the UAE, which will link 2,840 pharmacies and repositories, a ministry official said.

This was revealed at the 10th edition of the Hemaya International Forum, which started on Tuesday, where experts confirmed that narcotic pills continue to be the biggest problem in the UAE and some other Arab countries.

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