Pharmacy in hospitals to be modernised: CM

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 27. The Government would take steps to modernise the pharmacy setup in hospitals and tone up pharmacy education in the State, the Chief Minister, Mr. E. K. Nayanar, has said.

Inaugurating the Pharma Ex-2000 organised in the VJT Hall in connection with the observance of the National Pharmacy Week, Mr. Nayanar said that under the community pharmacy project, Paying Counters were coming up all over the State.

The Government was keen on setting up Maveli and Neethi medical stores all over the State in an effort to reach medicines to the people at affordable prices. A Neethi Medical Store had been set up in Sabarimala also, he said.

Mr. Nayanar said that as part of the steps to modernise pharmacy education, an M.Pharm Pharmacy Practice Course was being started in the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College this year. Clinical pharmacy sections were also being set up in the Kottayam and Kozhikode Medical Colleges this year itself.

He urged pharmacists and druggists to react strongly against drug manufacturers who flouted human values and ethics in the craze for making money. Drug manufacturers were constantly trying to induce people to take drugs, whether these were needed or not, with the help of tantalising advertisements.

In his keynote address, Dr. S. Balaraman, State Human Rights Commission Member, stressed the need to protect the human rights of patients, who were also consumers. The Paying Counter which was functioning effectively in the Medical College here, should be extended to all prominent hospitals in the State, he felt.

The ongoing pharmacy exhibition would conclude on November 29.

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