The department of Pharmacy at Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Technology and Science (SGRRITS) College organised a one-day training programme for pharmacists for Tuberculosis (TB) Dots on Sunday. The experts informed pharmacists that awareness towards the disease of TB and timely treatment can prevent the disease.
The doctors and pharmacists play a significant and exclusive role in the prevention and treatment of the disease. In rural and far-flung areas, the chemists can ensure proper dialogue between the doctors and the common people. The specialists informed that unfortunately two persons are losing their lives every third minute in India due to TB. This can be controlled by the accurate treatment and medicines of TB.
Besides doctors, pharmacists have an exclusive and significant role to play in the task of controlling the deadly disease of TB. The pharmacists are of a lot significance in TB prevention and treatment. In her address, the programme organiser and director of SGRRITS, Dr Preeti Kothiyal, said that in context of the State of Uttarakhand, the significance of pharmacists and chemists is of utmost significance in TB prevention and treatment.
She added that keeping in mind the mountainous terrain of Uttarakhand the role of pharmacists can be as significant as doctors. The workshop was organised under joint aegis of Department of Pharmacy of SGRRITS, Health and Family Welfare Ministry of Government of India, Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA-CPD), Mumbai, District TB Office Dehradun, WHO TB Consultant-Uttarakhand and Ali-lily Private limited.
More than 50 pharmacists participated in the workshop which was organised at the auditorium of Mahant Indiresh Hospital. The organisers claimed that it was first of its kind workshop in Uttarakhand that ensured active participation of chemists and pharmacists.