Maintenance: Power shut tomorrow
Bhopal: For the maintenance of electricity lines, power supply will remain shut in various parts of North and East divisions on August 11. In North division, power will remain shut down from 8.30 am to 5 pm in Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Central Jail and nearby areas and in East division from 9 am to 5 pm in Janata Quarters, Nabi Bagh, Police Housing Phase-2 and nearby areas.
Only WHO-GMP certified medicines in State
Bhopal: Quality of medicines given to patients in Government hospitals in Madhya Pradesh has been ensured. Medicines are purchased only from WHO-GMP-certified manufacturers by inviting tenders at prescribed rates. Medicines were supplied in years 2011-12 and 2012-13 by GMP suppliers. Now, only WHO-certified manufacturers are supplying medicines. Only tenders are invited at the state level for procurement of medicines. Online purchase orders for supply of medicines, storage, supply to other institutions, quality report and stock’s availability is monitored through software. Availability and quality of medicines are also reviewed weekly. Directorate of Health received information about 4 medicines being sub-standard 2 days ago on August 7. Their samples were taken in year 2012 and 2013. Action is being taken to recover price of these medicines and blacklist concerning manufacturers. A section of the Press has carried news about patients being provided sub-standard medicines, which is false. Directorate of Health has made it clear that Drug Inspectors of office of the Drug Controller take samples for testing of quality. Samples are also tested at state level lab. Seven national-level labs have been authorised to test quality of medicines. Report of 70 of the samples sent since April have shown that medicines conform to standard. These 7 labs are situated at Bengaluru, Bahadurgarh, Ahmedabad, Panchkula and New Delhi.
School girls tie rakhi to soldiers
Mhow: The school girls on the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan organised a programme and tied rakhis to the soldiers. More than 300 hundred girls of colonels academy school reached at the soldiers training school in Mhow and tied rakhi around the wrist of soldiers. The girls also send the self-made Rakhis for the soldiers who are posted on border. The motto behind this is to show love and respect to the soldiers and also pray for their health and long life. While celebrating the festival with the soldiers, the girls paid respect to the feeling of sacrifice and bravery of a soldier.