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'Reviews free Drug Policy to be implemented from June Ist' 5/25/2016 11:34:55 PM Early Times Report srinagar, May 25: Minister for Health & Medical Education, Bali Bhagat has called for making the functioning of J&K Medical Supplies Corporation Limited (JKMSCL) more vibrant and transparent so that it becomes a complete autonomous institution in the years to come. He said JKMSCL has an important mandate of procuring quality medicines and other diagnostic gadgets for the Government health institutions across the State, for which the government will take every possible step to strengthen it. While reviewing the functioning of the Corporation at a high-level meeting held here today, the Minister called upon the MD, JKMSCL and heads of Kashmir based health institutions to maintain close coordination to clear various bottlenecks in ensuring the timely procurement and supply of medicines and diagnostic equipments to the health institutions to make the patient care more efficient on ground. He urged the heads of the institutions to put in timely requisitions for the medicines and equipments and funds to the Corporation enabling it to make purchases accordingly. He urged them to make sufficient gap in the requisition and supply keeping in view the process of procurement viz-a-viz tender and testing in the designated laboratories. While reviewing the status of Free Drug Policy to be made applicable in the government health institutions (from Sub-Centre to District Hospitals) from Ist of June, 2016, the Minister called upon all concerned to take all necessary steps relating to the procurements and sensitizing the doctors and para-medics about the scheme to achieve its objective. Several other issues relating to the betterment of patient care and making the procurement system of medicines, diagnostic equipments and ambulances more transparent and hassle free were also discussed threadbare and several bottlenecks were cleared.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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