The “Jan Aaushadhi Divas”, a week-long programme, was celebrated at the Royal College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences on Saturday.
Head of Institute and Director Prof PN Murthy and PMBJK representative Swaroop Panda supervised, while Dr Madhusmruti Khandai, Associate Professor of the college, Asish Sahu, Bichitrananda Tripathy, Ch Surendra Patro and Suresh Kumar Panda coordinated. The students and staff members of the college joined their hands to organise a free health camp and created awareness on the use of generic medicines and their benefits, among the people of the locality to mark the event.
A large number of enthusiastic students also participated in an essay competition held on the theme " Promotion of Generic Medicines: Need of the Hour’ to mark the event. The participants kept their views regarding use of generic medicines, its impact, benefits and implications on healthcare.The week-long celebration was wrapped with concluding remarks on use of generic medicines and their promotion and advantages by Prof PN Murthy, Director and Prof SK Panda, Principal of the college respectively.The local public expressed their gratitude about the services offered to them by the college at time of need and hailed the efforts of the organisers for organizing such events in public interest.