DOH Region 7 warns drugstores on sale of
anti-TB drugs without prescription
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

Pharmacies and drugstores in Negros Oriental are warned against dispensing drugs, especially the anti-tuberculosis medicines, without doctors’ prescriptions.

Department of Health Regional Director 7 Asuncion Anden, who was guest of honor and speaker at the orientation-training of pharmacists and drugstore owners in Negros Oriental, yesterday, said that dispensing anti-TB drugs without prescriptions can create a lot of problems.

A TB patient can be inadequately treated or misdiagnosed, she said.

Five ex-rebels get
P50,000 support
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

Five rebel returnees in Negros Oriental yesterday received P50,000 each in livelihood assistance from the national government, with two of them granted an additional P5,000 each as emergency support.

Provincial Social Welfare and Development officer Alice Lagarde identified the recipients as Gaudencio Adapon, Shela Mae Edaño, Panfilo Rio, Sandy Diongzon and Gerwin Alcoy, all from southern Negros Oriental.

She said another batch of rebel returnees will receive similar assistance before the end of 2012. Lagarde said the first group of returnees got their livelihood assistance last April, and the second batch in June this year, under the government’s Social Integration Program.

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