According to the report released Wednesday by the Phnom Penh Committee for Eliminating Fake Drugs and Illegal Health Care Service for the Reduction of Poverty, there are 155 illegal pharmacies opening in Phnom Penh, compared with 162 shops in the previous quarter.

“We are really concerned about illegal pharmacies because they negatively affect people’s health,” the Phnom Penh Post quoted Uoch Sam, deputy director of the Phnom Penh Municipal Health Department, as saying that.

“Unlicensed pharmacies are mostly owned by non-qualified pharmacists. Some medicines are expired, so there is no quality control” added he.

Chan Sam An, deputy governor of Phnom Penh, said it is vital that health officials work with authorities in each of the city’s eight districts to approach the remaining unlicensed pharmacies and advise them to register at the Ministry of Public Health, according to the Post.

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