AISGPA asks health ministry to direct all state govts to constitute ADRCs in all hospitals involving pharmacists
Stating
that the pharmacists services being provided to the patients in all government
hospitals are not properly monitored or a post medication report is not
prepared on any adverse drug reaction (ADR), the All India State Government
Pharmacists Association (AISGPA) has urged the union government to advise all
state governments to constitute Adverse Drugs Reaction Committees (ADRCs) in
all hospitals involving pharmacists.
In the
present day world of healthcare management and consumption of myriad varieties
of medicines by people of all ages, adverse drug reaction monitoring is
necessary under the supervision of a qualified pharmacist, AIGSPA stated.
Similarly, pharmacovigilance centres (PVCs) should be set up in all medical college hospitals and district hospitals, whose control of operation should be given to pharmacists with Pharm D qualification. Government should provide orientation training to the pharmacists in adverse drug reaction monitoring.
In a
memorandum sent to the union health minister, AISGPA wanted the
government to utilize the potential of the experienced and qualified
pharmacists in the government sector rather than taking them as mere
dispensers.
The association, whose office-bearers assembled in Chennai recently, finds that the drug information centres (DICs) set up in some states are dormant in many places and the government should activate their functions involving pharmacists working in the government sector. A pharmacist should be in-charge of the DIC. Today, thousands of kinds of drugs are being used by people, but counseling and proper sharing of information on medicines are not taken place in any government hospital.
M Vijayalekshmi, organizing secretary of AISGPA, while briefing Pharmabiz, said the pharmacy services in the public healthcares all over India need a uniform job pattern in terms of duties and responsibilities which should be assigned as per Pharmacy Act 1948 and Pharmacy Practice Regulations 2015.
She said the association is likely to approach a court of law to escape from punishments by higher authorities due to errors committed by drug manufacturers. Terming it as negligence from the part of pharmacists, higher authorities punish the dispensers for the errors from the manufacturers’ side. Medicines supplied by manufacturing companies are often looking alike in size and colour, and errors are being found in the labeling on the cartons. Sometimes it is very difficult to differentiate the generic products and branded ones. This is an issue faced by pharmacists all over India, but the concerned authorities are not willing to solve the issues with the manufacturers or suppliers, but put it on the shoulder of the pharmacists. If this serious issue continues further, the association will approach the court for a solution.
The national association has decided to take up the issues related to the service matters of Delhi state government pharmacists, she said.
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