The Chhattisgarh Young Pharmacist Association (CYPA), a newly constituted subsidiary body of Chhattisgarh Pharmacist Association (CPA) has urged the State Government to consider their demands for development of pharmacy in the State.
“We urge the authority concerned for appointment of pharmacists in about 7000 private and government hospitals by organizing a state-level exam”, said CPA President Ashwini Gurdekar. Gurdekar, while addressing a press conference here, claimed that out of about 7000 medical stores running in the State, only 700 to 800 medical stores have pharmacists appointed to sell medicines on the doctor’s prescription.
While as per the law, no one (except for pharmacists) is authorized to do this job, he claimed. He urged the State labour department for setting up clear guidelines regarding remuneration, accommodation and travelling allowance, urgent leaves etc. for the pharmacists rendering their services at private medical stores.
He, along with the president of Jharkhandi Pharmaceutical Association, Vinay Bharati and the member of CYPA, Rahul Verma raised some other demands as well and announced to launch a series of protests in near the future, if the State government fails to take appropriate action in this regard. They added that the authority should create new posts for B Pharmacy, M Pharmacy and PhD Pharmacy degree holders in addition to diploma holder pharmacists in all the government hospitals of the State.
Bharati stressed on ensuring availability of medicines of high quality in the government hospitals by establishing Chhattisgarh Drug and Pharmaceutical limited (CGDPl). Besides, the Association demanded for making appointment of drug safety officers in every district to have a control on about 40000 quacks operating in the State and establishing three new drug testing laboratories to keep a check on fake medicines.
The Association members also demanded appointment of a Drug Inspector among 200 medical stores, make appointment on the post of assistant drug inspectors and also make appointment of B Pharmacy degree holders on the post of Malaria Inspector, labour Inspector and Factory Industrial Analysts.