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published Published on Feb 3, 2016   modified Modified on Feb 3, 2016
-The Telegraph

Bhubaneswar (Odisha): The Centre-sponsored Jan Aushadhi scheme is suffering from shortage of medicines and reluctance of doctors to prescribe drugs by their generic names.

The scheme, which is being run by the Odisha branch of the Indian Red Cross Society in 22 districts of the state, was launched to sell quality generic medicines at subsidised prices.

Though the city has two Jan Aushadhi stores, chances are that you will have to return without medicines as these outlets are running short on stocks ever since their launch.

Officials attributed the pathetic state of the stores to the irregular drug delivery system and the refusal of most doctors to prescribe medicines by their generic names.

According to the officials of Indian Red Cross, the Jan Aushadhi store should have at least 210 generic medicines mentioned in the state's Essential Drug List. However, stock record revealed that it rarely goes beyond 50 to 55 drugs on an average.

Residents here are unhappy over the non-availability of drugs at these stores.

"If one comes with a list of 10, the person can get at best three medicines. The rest have to be bought from a general medicine store at higher price," said Janardhan Mohanty, an Acharya Vihar resident.

Speaking to The Telegraph about the sorry state of affairs, secretary of the Odisha branch of the Indian Red Cross Society Chakradhar Panda said that the stores had fallen victim to the monopolistic attitude of doctors and general medicine shops. He, however, admitted that non-availability of medicines was also harming the stores.

Panda said that an accredited pharma company in Cuttack supplied generic drugs to the stores.

"The supply of drugs to the store is very poor. Many people come here searching for low-cost medicines and go back because of they are not available. At present, we have a list of 50 generic drugs, all of which are not available," said a Jan Aushadhi store manager here.

Interestingly, many of those visiting the stores buy medicines without prescriptions.

"The drugs at this store are of good quality and cheap. However, no doctor prescribes medicine by its generic name. Hence, we have to approach the stores without prescriptions," said Basant Nayak, a resident of Balasore.

The factors ailing Jan Aushadhi stores here are also responsible for the scheme tripping in the districts.

Moreover, the introduction of state government's Niramaya scheme, which offers free medicines at district hospitals, has also dealt a severe blow to it.

So far business is concerned, the average monthly sale of a Jan Aushadhi store in the city ranges from Rs 60,000-Rs 70,000. The same amount of business is done in a single day by big medicine outlets in the city.

As the scheme limps, what ails Jan Aushadhi outlets is best summed up by one of its store managers: "The doctors are reluctant to prescribe generic drugs as it does not fetch them much profit. Pharma giants lure them with gifts and other freebies and also put pressure on others to choke the supply of drugs to us."

The Telegraph, 3 February, 2016, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160203/jsp/odisha/story_67154.jsp#.VrHD61I1t_k


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