Prescribe medicines available in Govt hospital pharmacies: UP Deputy CM directs doctors
If medical representatives are found in government hospitals, action should be taken immediately by filing a case and sending them to prison, Pathak said on Wednesday while inspecting the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.;
Farrukhabad: To ensure that patients coming to the OPD and those admitted to the state-run government hospitals are only provided in-house medicines, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak has directed the chief medical officer and the chief medical superintendent to make that doctors prescribe medicines that are available in hospital pharmacies.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak has asked government doctors to only prescribe medicines that are available in hospital pharmacies and directed officials to lodge FIRs against pharma company representatives found roaming in government hospitals.
If medical representatives are found in government hospitals, action should be taken immediately by filing a case and sending them to prison, Pathak said on Wednesday while inspecting the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here.
He directed the chief medical officer and the chief medical superintendent to ensure that government doctors prescribe medicines that are available in hospital pharmacies. Pathak also asked them to keep adequate stock of medicines in hospitals as there was no shortage of budget.
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