Many govt Ayurveda dispensaries in Kerala operate without pharmacists, doctors forced to do dual job of diagnosis & dispensing
The plight of patients visiting the Ayurveda dispensaries located in rural areas in Kerala is getting worsened day by day as many of the centres are operating without pharmacists to dispense medicines to the patients. In these dispensaries, the doctors are forced to do the dual job of diagnosis and dispensing of drugs from morning to afternoon. The health centres which are running without pharmacists are functioning in the interior parts of the hilly district of Idukki, Palakkadu, Pathanamthitta and the backwaters district of Alappuzha. Medical officers in-charge of these dispensaries allege that despite repeated complaints made to the directorate of ISM about the sufferings of the doctors and of the plight of the patients, no positive step was taken by the authorities to solve the issue. A doctor from Alappuzha district said his dispensary is surrounded by backwaters, but the patients coming to the dispensary in the country boats every morning have to wait for medicines for ...