[e-drug] Prescribing and dispensing in one hand? (5)

["Bhava Narayana" <editorptn@gmail.com>]

E-DRUG: Prescribing and dispensing in one hand? (5)
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Respected E-druggers,

The situation in smaller countries with tougher laws is different.in India
80% of population spend money on healthcare out of their pockets. Health
insurance penetration is hardly 1.5%.

At every one of the half a million retail pharmacies you can buy the drugs
you require without any prescription. Tourists visiting GOA beaches buy lots
of proprietary medicines to take them home to get back travel costs.

In the name of creating access to drugs our state government officials give
out licenses and are paid off not to check pharmacist presence. Every doctor
having 4-5 beds has his own pharmacy albeit in alibi to recover entire
establishment expenses and to sell off the physician samples received.
Pharma and chemicals ministry wants to conduct a 45 day pro gramme for non
pharmacists manning the pharmacies, but health ministry says no. The drug
controller genarel of India comes under health ministry is responsible as he
heads a team of state drug controllers to ensure pharmacist presence in
retail pharmacies does not bother about it. The health ministry is yet to
recognize pharmacy as health profession. The education system is geared to
the needs of Industry. The community pharmacy division is barely six years
old in the mighty Indian Pharmaceutical association.

Nearly 20 mio people visit their nearest pharmacy to buy curative drugs from
people who do not have formal education either in pharmacy or medicine. Iam
trying to fight the situation by lighting a small lamp in the sea of
darkness through my fortnightly publication.Recently WHO india in
association  of SEARPHARM FORUM  conducted one day national conference on
Role of pharmacists in health care- challenges and opportunities- for a copy
of report pl mail me.

Members who wish to offer solutions to myriad problems facing India are
invited to work together.The Doctor has to perform the duties of pharmacist
and physician assistant.

Regards

Bhava Narayana
Editor
pharmed Trade News


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