Srinagar, Oct. 6 -- Secretary, Health & Medical Education, Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah on Monday advised for using rational medication in children. He said this while chairing a meeting at Civil Secretariat, here.

The meeting was attended by Commissioner, Food & Drugs Administration, J&K, Smita Sethi, along with the Heads of Departments of Paediatrics from all Government Medical Colleges of Jammu and Kashmir and officers from the Divisional and District levels of the Drugs Control Organisation, J&K.

The meeting was held in the context of a recent communication issued by the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, which advises that cough and cold medications should not be prescribed or dispensed to children below two years of age.

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