Medicine stores and private nursing homes in the city were raided by a team comprising Drug Inspector Dr Sudarshan Biswal, Umesh Chandra Khatai as Magistrate and the police officials to inspect their records and licenses. As per the direction of Brahmapur Sub-Collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan, the team raided Abhaya Hospital at the New Bus-Stand and seized its medicine store on charges of selling outdated medicines to the customers.
The team then raided Namrata Hospital at Baikuntha Nagar and found the hospital had no valid documents and record register. The team members said they would issue show-cause notice to the hospital through the Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) for running the hospital without valid documents. later the team conducted raids at Sitaram Medicine, Sambhu Siva Medical Store and Dakhineswari Drugs in the premises of the City Hospital and issued show-cause notices to the nursing home and medicine stores for running their business without proper records and documents. The Sub Collector said they would conduct such raids and take action against the medicine stores and nursing homes to inspect their documents.