Nagpur: Immediately, a doctor at a large corporate hospital will only prescribe medicines (technical names of drugs) and not a brand name to you, who have become common practices for years.
A special health official – ‘clinical pharmacist’ – there will be there to choose the appropriate drug and remove the medicines that are suitable for you, to monitor your health progress and to verify the side effects of drugs.
The clinical pharmacist post is not in Gazette in India, despite having a doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D) course for more than 11 years.
On July 5, finally included as a notice of pharmaceutical practice regulations, 2015 came out.
Doctor of Pharmacy Association (DOPA), Maharashtra President Dr.
Vinayak Ghayal said, “As the Indian Pharmacy Board (PCI) does not make any posts called clinical pharmacists in the pharmaceutical practice regulation (2015), this post has not been included in government policy until now.
We pressed this request for the past years.
Finally, the government has issued a notification of Gazettes on July 5 and made this post officially.
“Certainly Pharm D was introduced in the USA line in 2010, where holders were appointed in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, public health centers, pharmacies, drug stores etc.
Unlike other pharmaceutical graduates or graduates of posts, at least one year clinical rotation in hospitals and developing clinical sharpness.
This professionals study human anatomy, biology, chemical drugs, molecular pharmacology, toxicology, psychology, health assessment, patient care procedures and diagnosis, along with pharmacies.
They also use the ‘Dr’ prefix.
Kailas Tandale, President of Maharashtra Registered Pharmacist Association (MRPA), said, “We welcome the government’s decision that has the potential to bring very much-needed reforms in the arrangement of Indian hospitals.” Dopa, Deputy President of Maharashtra Dr.
Akshay Shelke said, “Now, we want the authorities to use our knowledge and skills in the current pandemic scenario.
In the coming years, we will work on the ground and create awareness among ordinary people.
“All about the post in the US, clinical pharmacists play a key role in providing medication and health monitoring of their patients issuing drugs prescribed to patients and helping their doctors help doctors in diagnosis, monitor the development of patient health, verify the side of the drug effect etc.
In addition, they offer counseling to patients on how to lead a healthy lifestyle, conduct health and fitness checks, taking proper immunization etc.
Degrader deregan will be appointed as a clinical pharmacist at the hospital now