3/8/2017
Nitesh
Sangral
Early
Times Report
Jammu,
Mar 8: It seems the state government is not interested in checking whether the
orders issued by it from time to time are implemented on the ground by the
departments concerned.
Take
the example of Health department's order number 649-H&ME of 2016. By virtue
of the order it's mandatory for the doctors to write names of generic medicines
in capital letters on the prescription. On the ground, however, no one is
complying with the order.
Also,
a separate order was issued by the department concerned which said that three
copies of prescription should be issued at the time of registration of each
patient in government hospitals of the state. Out of these three copies two
were to be retained by the hospital so that the audit committee could cross
verify if the medicines are prescribed as per the order. However this order
also remains unimplemented.
The
Medical Council of India (MCI) has made amendments in the Professional Conduct,
Etiquette and Ethics Regulation-2002 and issued directives to the physicians to
prescribe medicines only in their generic names legibly and preferably in capital
letters.
In
the past too, many such notifications were issued by the MCI, but this time the
MCI has revised its 2002 code of ethics and makes it compulsory for all
physicians to prescribe medicines with generic names in capital letters and
branded medicines in bracket.
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Sick order
It
is mandatory for the doctors to write names of generic medicines in capital
letters on the prescription. On the ground, however, no one is complying with
the order.
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In
J&K, the Health department's order asked all the Head of Department (HoDs),
Medical Faculty, Doctors, Registrars and Post Graduates to prescribe only drugs
by their generic names available in hospital pharmacy. However, the order is
yet to be implemented due to a strong nexus between some doctors, officials of
the Health department and some pharma companies, sources told Early Times.
The
GMC&H Jammu had also constituted a 'Prescription, Investigation Audit
Committee' comprising HoD Microbiology Dr. Bella Mahajan, HoD Pathology Dr.
K.K. Koul, HoD Community Medicine Dr. Dinesh Kumar, Associate Prof. Department
of Pharmacology Dr. Seema Gupta, and Medical Superintendent of the hospital.
"The
purpose of committee was to conduct audit every six months and submit its
findings to the higher authorities," said sources, adding "but
nothing has been done so far."
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