12/11/2015
Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 11: Contradicting the claims of Jammu and
Kashmir Health and Medical Education Department to restrict the entry of agents
of some pharmacist shops in the government runs hospitals, but agents of some
these shops openly roaming in the Emergency ward and other wards of Government
Medical College (GMC) and Hospital Jammu to boost the sales of their shops.
A doctor at GMC Hospital Jammu told Early Times on the
condition of anonymity that few months ago the Jammu and Kashmir Health and
Medical Department was restricted the entry of agents of pharmacist shops and
others in the premises of the hospital but some pharmacist shops' agent are
continuously roaming in the emergency ward as well as few others wards to
increase the sales of their shops.
"I was treating a patient in emergency ward asked
to his attendant to buy the medicine and the attendants come back to me within
a minute and i asked to him, why you have not gone outside for buying the
medicine which prescribed, he (attendant) told me that as he walked few steps,
a agent of any pharmacist shop come forward and asked to him as why are you
going, give slip to me (agent), I buy medicine for you as you will get the
medicine the money will give to me," the doctors shared his experience and
shocked when he came to know that theses agents are too active in the premises
of the hospital.
Another case of a patient come to know that who had to
under gone (stone in the gallbladder) surgery and he was admitted here days
before the operation date meanwhile doctors recommended numbers of tests, out
of this the most of tests had to be conducted outside the hospital. A day
before the surgery doctors on duty given a list of the medicines which has to
be used after surgery in between a agent was standard outside the ward and
asked him same.
However, Medical Superintendent of GMC Hospital Jammu,
Dr. Ravinder Rattan Paul said that it was not his notice, if such types of
activities are running in the premises of the hospital, the action will be
taken against these agents as well as those who are involved in this.
Sources at GMC informed that the nexus has been running
with the help of few doctors who allow the agent for roaming in the wards of
the hospital and politely ask to attendants for buying medicines their shops or
they (agents) will bring medicines for them. Those doctors helping them to
flourish their business in the hospital, also getting commission from them as
well as few doctors also prescribed medicine from particular shop.
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