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| Despite GoI support, JK drug policy remains a distant dream | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 15 : Even as the central government intends to renew overall health system of the country to check spurious/substandard drugs the long pending demand to implement 'Drug Policy' in Jammu and Kashmir remains a distant dream.The union Minister for Health, JP Nadda in the Lok Sabha said that government allocates financial support to states like Jammu and Kashmir to draw up action plans in health subject as per their need and added that under the National Health Mission (NHM), financial support is provided to the States for strengthening their healthcare delivery system including support for provision of free drugs to those who access public health facilities based on the requirement posed by the states in their Programme Implementation Plans.
He said that an incentive of up to 5% additional funding (over and above the normal allocation of the state) under the NHM is provided to those states that introduce free medicines scheme and under the NHM-Free drug service Initiative substantial funding is available to States for provision of free drugs subject to states meeting certain specified conditions, however number of free drugs provided by the states varies from State to State and most States have their own list of essential medicines. In order to tackle the growing menace of sale and supply of substandard drugs, government has concrete steps to check Spurious/Sub-Standard Drugs in the country which includes amending the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 by the Drugs & Cosmetics (Amendment) Act, 2008 to provide for more stringent penalties for manufacture and trade of spurious and adulterated drugs, making provisions in the Drugs & Cosmetics (Amendment) Act, 2008 for setting up of Special designated courts for speedy disposal of cases to deal with the cases of offences under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, issuance of guidelines for taking action on samples of drugs declared spurious or not of standard quality in the light of enhanced penalties under the Drugs & Cosmetics (Amendment) Act, 2008 on the Website of CDSCO for purpose of uniform implementation of Drugs and Cosmetics Act in the Country, initiation of Whistle Blower Scheme to encourage vigilant Public Participation in the direction of Movement of spurious drugs in the country and providing assistance for upgrading of testing facilities and establishing new drug testing laboratories under the Capacity Building project through World Bank, so as to enhance the capacity of the laboratories to test large number of samples, overseeing inspection of drug manufacturing sites to ensure quality of imported bulk drugs. The steps also include amendment of Schedule M to the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, pertaining to Good Manufacturing Practices in 2001 to make it at par with the international standards. It is mandatory for the manufacturers of drugs to comply with requirements of this schedule for quality control of the drugs manufactured by them and introduction of good laboratory practices. Meanwhile despite repeated attempts Minister for Health, Chowdhry Lal singh did not pick up the phone. |
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