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| Patients being denied medicines at Govt hospitals | | Doctors-Pharma nexus working overtime! | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 7: While Directorate of Health Jammu makes hefty purchase of medicine being annually, patients visiting the hospitals across Jammu are asked by the doctors to purchase maximum medicines from the markets.
Sources informed Early Times that due to nexus between doctors and Pharma-companies, the patients at Government hospitals are being denied free medicines, so that they are impelled to buy from open market.
It was also learnt that some doctors working at various Government hospitals in Jammu are prescribing substandard drugs to patients in lieu of commission. Sources said that same practice is being witnessed at Gandhi Nagar Hospital, where patients have to purchase almost all prescribed medicines by doctors from the market. Insiders claim that due to vested interests, inspite of availability of medicine at hospital, some doctors are prescribing medicines from market.
"When I went to market to buy the medicine, I came to know that the doctor had prescribed medicines of a company, which are available at some selective drug stores only", alleged patients hinting at the nexus between pharma companies and the doctors.
"Because of this nexus between doctors and the companies, the drug store owners sell these drugs to make huge benefits at the cost of human lives." Sources told. The sources alleged that these hospitals have become a hub for such illegal activities and doctors there are the part of the process.
"It was learnt that Health Department has been receiving complaints, that doctors in various hospitals of Jammu division were indulging in malpractices and were prescribing the sub-standard medicines to the patients to get monitory benefit from the companies producing these drugs", sources said.
When contacted, Medical Superintendent of Gandhi Nagar Hospital, Dr Yunis said that there was shortage of medicine, since the number of patients is increasing. "But we are providing up-to 60 per cent of medicines to poor patients and pregnant women", said. Medical Superintendent, adding that the hospital received annual grant of Rs 26-27 lakh. "It is difficult to provide all medicine to every patient; we have an OPD of over 40,000 patients monthly", he added. |
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