Dear
Amitabh ,
These
days , there are plenty of controversies surrounding ONLINE SALE of , practically everything
My
today's blog concerns one such controversy
Regards,
hemen
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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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