Dear
Dr Bejon Misraji :
In
Hindustan Times ( 11 July , 2016 ) , I came across a news report about a survey
conducted by Consumer Online Foundation re purchase / use of medicines , without prescriptions and without bills
In
this connection , sometimes in last October , I had sent my following
suggestion to Central Government Ministers , which might interest you
Of
course , this is only a Conceptual Framework
and would require working out of many operational details before actual
implementation
But
, what is important is that , if implemented ( with whatever changes required )
, it has the potential to bring about a TOTAL
REVOLUTION in the healthcare scenario of
our country
If
there are any questions , do write
with
regards,
(
click to view my profile )
Marol
, Mumbai , India
( M
) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08
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Sunday, 11 October 2015
( let us call it , " Dispenser
" )
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On 14th Oct , 8 lakh pharmacy
stores will go on strike to persuade Government to prohibit sale of "
Prescription Drugs " by e-Pharmacies such as 1mg.com
/ Zigy.com , not to speak of e-Com sites like Amazon / SnapDeal /
Flipkart etc
Reason advanced :
* Online sale puts
consumers at risk
Real reason ?
* Loss of jobs of 4 million
persons employed by 800,000 pharmacy stores
* Loss of business
worth Rs 80.000 Crores
Current legal
provision :
* Drugs and Cosmetics
Act,1940 does not prohibit online sale of medicines
Govt response :
* Set up a Committee to
draft new provisions in Law to regulate online sale
My take :
* One day , everything
will be sold online from web sites 10,000 Km away !
* There is no way,
march of EVERYTHING ONLINE can be stopped or slowed
My
Suggestions :
* Govt to
upload a Mobile App ( DISPENSER ? ) on Health Ministry web site
* All
doctors must download it , after proper
registration / authentication
* App
will get embedded with full details of that doctor who uses it
* Doctors
to enter Patient Data in App / then enter prescribed Drug Details
* Doctor will SMS app data entered , to concerned
patient's mobile
* Patient
will SMS entered app data to mobile of Chemist of his choice
* Chemist will
deliver the medicine to the patient with Bill Details in App
* Every action /
transaction on App , will get automatically emailed to web
Servers of
# Health Ministry
# All India Medical Association
# All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists ( AIOCD )
# Drug Controller General of India
Advantages :
* Jobs / business
of Chemists / Druggists saved
* Great
convenience for patients / no need to visit Drug Store
* No chance of
Chemist " misinterpreting " doctor's handwriting !
* Full History of
# Each Patient ( great benefit to Prescribing doctors )
# Each Drug ( great benefit to Pharma Companies )
# Each Chemist Shop ( great benefit to Govt / AIOCD /
Tax Dept )
# Each Doctor ( great interest to All India Medical Association )
Of course , I have no answer
for those who will oppose my suggestion by saying :
" What if either the
Patient or the Doctor or the Chemist , does not have a Smart phone ?
"
My only answer :
For the benefit of millions ,
let us harness the Online
Delivery technology
That is the only way
DIGITAL INDIA can benefit the entire society
Solutions to all the problems
of the World are known
Only Unknown are those
dedicated persons determined to implement !
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hemen parekh
12 Oct 2015
B2BmessageBlaster
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