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Jan Aushadhi stores in Jammu dying a slow death

Thanks to Doctors- Pharma nexus
9/17/2015
Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report                                   Good intention, bad implementation


Jammu, Sept 16: The ambitious plan of the Government of India to provide cheaper drugs by promoting generic drugs through Jan Aushadhi retail drug stores in the State has so far failed to take off. Thanks to callous attitude of State Health Department, the scheme has been abandoned to influential Pharma lobby, which allegedly pays handsome enticements to concerned politicians, doctors and administrations.
Sources said in Jammu city, two Jan Aushadhi stores have been set up, one each at Shri Maharaja Ghulab Singh (SMGS) hospital and another outside the Government Medical College and Hospital Jammu under the Jan Aushadhi campaign launched by the Union Government. However, these two stores have failed to attract people of the Jammu towards generic medicines at cheaper price, if any one goes by mistake at the shops people are forced to return empty-handed from the stores as these stores are deliberately not stocked adequately.
"Currently, the operational Jan Aushadhi stores provide only few drugs such as antibiotics, analgesics, anti-pyretics and combination of analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs, manufactured by five public sector drug companies- Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited, Hindustan Antibiotics Limited, Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited, Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited and Rajasthan Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited, " Sources claimed.
Seeking anonymity, a senior doctor at GMC hospital told Early Times that concerned Minister for Health and Medical Education along with some doctors too are responsible for the gradual death of the scheme. He pointed out that most doctors only prescribe branded drugs instead of generic drugs. This is also a major reason for the present State of the scheme that could be highly beneficial for the poor patients.
An attendant of patient in GMC hospital said if you go to the store and ask for five different medicines, in most cases, you will not find any, so it is better to visit private medicine stores where you can get all the varieties.

Honorary General Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir, State Branch, Indian Red Cross Society, Roma Wani admitted that there was shortage of medicines and less variety of drugs was the cause for the current situation. She also said adequate supply and more varieties of drugs are needed to popularise generic medicines.

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