Doctors can dispense five drugs at anti-flu designated hospitals

Doctors, who are practicing at state-designated hospitals as centers for influenza tests and treatment, are able to directly dispense a total of five drugs - antipyretics, antitussives, antihistamines, antibiotics and expectorants.

Under the revised regulation to take effect as of October 1, the Health Ministry acknowledged that doctors could dispense the five medicines, together with an ant...