Govt said it proposes to start an initiative for free supply of essential medicines in public health facilities & a provision of Rs 100 cr has been made for this in this yr's budget.
NEW DELHI: Government said today it proposes to start an initiative for free supply of essential medicinesin public health facilities and a provision of Rs 100 crore has been made for this in this year's budget.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad said the initiative will provide affordable health care by reducing out-of-pocket expenses for medicines.
"There is a provision of Rs 100 crore in the budget of 2012-13 for this purpose", he added.
He said the initiative "will promote rational use of medicines. The initiative is based on the Tamil Nadu model where medicines procured in bulk by the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation, in generic name, directly from the manufacturers are supplied free of cost through an IT-enabled supply chain management system to the public."
Replying to another question, the Minister said government is taking steps to ensure that doctors prescribe generic drugs to patients.
"Instructions have been issued to all central government hospitals to advise medical practitioners to prescribe only generic versions of medicines and to mention generic equivalents wherever branded medicines are prescribed," the Minister said.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad said the initiative will provide affordable health care by reducing out-of-pocket expenses for medicines.
"There is a provision of Rs 100 crore in the budget of 2012-13 for this purpose", he added.
He said the initiative "will promote rational use of medicines. The initiative is based on the Tamil Nadu model where medicines procured in bulk by the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation, in generic name, directly from the manufacturers are supplied free of cost through an IT-enabled supply chain management system to the public."
Replying to another question, the Minister said government is taking steps to ensure that doctors prescribe generic drugs to patients.
"Instructions have been issued to all central government hospitals to advise medical practitioners to prescribe only generic versions of medicines and to mention generic equivalents wherever branded medicines are prescribed," the Minister said.
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