3 D - Digital Delivery of Drugs ?
( let us call it , " Dispenser " )
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
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