Minister of Health, Dr Ahmed Al-Awadi, has issued a ministerial decision in addition to Ministerial Resolution No. 395 of 1997 on the executive regulations of Law No. 28 of 2016 referred to in Article 16 bis “a”, specifying the distance between pharmacies saying it should not be less than 200 meters in all directions.
This is in addition to the Drug and Food Control Sector which undertakes to set the necessary controls and conditions for calculating that distance.
The decision excludes pharmacies located inside cooperative societies, private hospitals, private medical centers, commercial complexes, and central markets.
