Prescription of Medicines By Doctors of Central Govt Institutions will be Monitored

Prescription of medicine by the doctors in the Central Government Hospitals and autonomous institutions under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will be henceforth regularly monitored.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued an order that it has been observed that Doctors prescribe specific brands of medicines with a rider that no substitute should be supplied.instances have also come to notice where the prescribed drug was very expensive and cheaper substitutes available.

Hence it has been decided that henceforth the prescription will be regularly monitored in Dte.G.H.S.to verify compliance with these instructions.