The State Government on Monday announced that the Chief Medical and Health Officers of all Block headquarters besides Block level officers have been authorised to make purchase of essential medicines if the same is not available in hospitals of their respective regions.
There is sufficient stock of medicines available with the hospitals across the State, informed Director, Medical Services Dr Kamalpreet Singh. He said that the essential medicines had been made available in all the district hospitals of the State. ‘Just in case if there is still a requirement for certain medicines, they can be purchased locally.’
This apart, the Anti Rabies injections had been made available through the Smart Card scheme under National Health Insurance and Chief Minister Health Insurance Scheme, Dr Singh said. He said that the individuals not having the Smart Card should be made available the same by the concerned hospital by buying them from Jeevandeep Samiti and make it available free of cost.
Officials of Directorate of Health Services informed that keeping in view the spread of an infectiuous disease in Bijapur district earlier, additional allocation of medicines were made for the district and the same had been despatched. The hospitals in Korba district had been despatched Anti-venom injections. This apart, the distribution of generic medicines had been commenced in all districts, they added.