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APMC demands to register Medical Assistants as pharmacists 9/16/2020 9:57:51 PM EArly Times Report Jammu, Sept 15: Association of Paramedical Colleges (APMC) Jammu expressed concern over the difficulties being faced by Medical assistants who are denied license as Pharmacist. M.S. Katoch the president of the organization while addressing media persons said that after abrogation of article 370 from Jammu & Kashmir, the youth of J&K are forced to face one or the other miseries, the list of various problems is too long to produce here but so far as the Medical Assistant pass-outs as well as the students pursuing Medical Assistant course are concerned, the authorities are denying them registration as Pharmacist keeping aside the Government’s own order No. 803 HME of 1993, Dated: 11-10-1993 wherein the course of Medical Assistant was re-designated as Pharmacist. It is the matter of serious concern that more than twenty thousand youth who have successfully completed the course of medical assistant by spending a handsome amount as fee and two years of time of their precious life but all in vain. The association of paramedical colleges request authorities to initiate the process of registering the medical assistant as pharmacist so that they could start their livelihood for survival in this competitive world. Further Katoch also added that not only the pass-outs be considered but the student those who have enrolled prior abrogation of article 370 be considered for registration as pharmacist. It was further reiterated that the government should device a mechanism to bring medical assistant course at par with D-Pharmacy for the students who would like to pursue this course in future. Finally, the members of the association also pointed out that admission procedure for various paramedical courses have not started yet which needs to be taken care of at the earliest. The members who were present included Dr. Sukhpreet Singh, Dr. Madhu Sudan, Dr. Akash Mahajan, Dr. Devinder Singh beside others.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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