Confiscated narcotics are displayed during a briefing on the crackdown results involving medical institutions specializing in illegal propofol and other drug injections at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Nov. 20, 2024. [NEWS1]
Eleven medical institutions in southern Seoul’s Gangnam and Seocho districts were referred for investigation on suspicion of abusing the medical narcotic propofol, along with patients who received propofol there, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Thursday.
The government conducted joint
inspections with local governments starting in March, targeting 27 hospitals and clinics suspected of violating laws governing medical narcotics.
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