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Order on generic medicines fades into oblivion

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.
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.

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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