Tag: medicines
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Pharmacists allowed to sell medicines
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij has said that pharmacists holding allopathic pharmacy diploma and degree would now be able to sell homeopathic medicines in the state. He said that the decision would benefit about 15,000 pharmacists in the state who were intending to sell these medicines, but had no license for the same. Earlier, it...
December 13, 2017 -
Delhi to cap profit percentage on drugs in private hospitals
The Delhi government on Wednesday formed a nine-member committee which will work to cap the profit percentage on medicines and consumables in the city’s private hospitals, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said. Addressing the media here, Jain said the decision was taken after several complaints of astronomical profits being made by private hospitals on medicines and...
December 13, 2017 -
Antibiotics: Getting too much of a good thing
Microorganisms are becoming more resistant to antimicrobial drugs and thus patients with certain diseases are being left in the lurch.
November 18, 2017 -
World running out of antibiotics!
'Antimicrobial resistance is a global health emergency that will seriously jeopardize progress in modern medicine'.
September 21, 2017 -
Antibiotics pose environmental risks
Although antibiotics prevent bacterial infections, they may adversely harm microbes that are essential to a healthy environment, a study has warned. This may in its turn significantly impact people's lives around the world, it said. When people take antibiotics, their bodies break down and metabolise only a portion of the drugs. The rest is excreted...
July 26, 2017 -
Kejriwal directs 100% availability of medicines in Delhi government hospitals
After the Delhi government's review report revealed that less than 50 per cent medicines are available at some of its hospitals, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday directed Chief Secretary M.M. Kutty to immediately ensure 100 per cent availability of medicines in government hospitals. "Directed Chief Secretary today (Tuesday) to ensure 100 per cent availability...
May 23, 2017