Man fined

A PHARMACY manager was fined 80,000 yuan (US$11,896) for illegally practicing medicine at his drug store in Longgang District. His earnings of 2,000 yuan from practicing medicine without a license have been confiscated, and the drug store was also fined 75,000 yuan. According to the city’s health authority, the manager, identified as Lin, possesses neither a doctor’s license, nor a license to be a nurse or a pharmacist. Lin was caught illegally prescribing medicine for people suffering from colds, coughs and stomachaches between November 2016 and March 29, 2017.

Companies punished

REPRESENTATIVES of two companies and an agency were punished with administrative detention and fines for illegally broadcasting commercials before a concert, scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. at Longgang Universiade Stadium, which led to a 30-minute delay.

Security guard praised

A SECURITY guard with the Guangming New Area Central Hospital was praised by a family for saving a newborn a week ago. According to the family, the expectant mother laid down on the ground due to pain before making her way to the obstetrics department July 25.

He Tian, who was patrolling the hospital, went up to the couple upon seeing the mother and her panicking husband. He saw the head of the newborn was already out and reached out to hold its head before medical workers arrived to take care of the mother and the baby.