INDIAN RAILWAY PHARMACIST
ASSOCIATION
H.Q-CENTRAL
HOSPITAL, NORTHERN RAILWAY,
NEW DELHI
Date: 22-10-2013
To
The Director General/RHS,
Indian Railway, Railway Board,
Rail Bhawan, Raisina Road,
New Delhi
Sub: Submission of
Memorandum of IRPA with regard to amend the existing manual and recommendation
of the Pharmacist cadre for 7th CPC-reg.
Respected Sir,
With the reference
to the above subject, we would like to submit few lines for your kind
consideration and necessary favourable orders please.
This is to invite
your kind attention and request you to consider following few points
mentioned below.
It is learned that
many Pharmacies in Indian Railways are run without the Pharmacist. As per the
Pharmacy Act 1948, it is mandatory to run all the Pharmacies with the Registered
Pharmacist to avoid the misuse of drugs and to maintain the potency of the
drugs.
Wearing of the
uniforms (Apron with green cross Mark with a name Plate) by the Pharmacist
should be made mandatory to improve the image of the Medical Department and
Pharmacist.
All the
Dispensaries may be re-named as Pharmacy as per the Act.
Uniform duties to
be amended throughout the Indian Railways to avoid the disparities among the
Pharmacists.
In every Central
and Divisional Hospitals Clinical
Pharmacy, Ward Pharmacy (Indoor), Pharmaco Vigilance and a Hospital Pharmacy to
be implemented to provide quality and effective services to the Railway
beneficiaries and educate them the effects of the medicines and rational use of
the same.
In Indian Railways
Pharmacist, being a HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL is working as more than the clerk rather
than the Pharmacist. Hence, YOUR HIGHNESS is requested to
kindly look into all the above mentioned subjects to redress the same with the
full strength of Pharmacists please.
Amendment of Medical Manual:-
1. The duties
mentioned in the IRMM with regard to the Pharmacist cadre vide volume No:1 Page
No: 7 Para 13, 14 and 15 may be
considered to be amended as per the
professional duties.
Continuing Medical Education:-
Day by day ‘n’
number of newer molecules (drugs) are being launched in the Market, to refresh
the knowledge of the Pharmacist the Continuing Medical Education Programme may
be made mandatory through ZRTI of respective zones comprising educative modules
with recommended schedule by DG/RHS for e.g. like ASMs, Guards etc., with
Pharmacy Professionals.
For Seventh Pay Commission recommendation:-
The
Pharmacists are called as the Health Care Professionals, it is our sincere
request from our association to please recommend for the Seventh pay commission
for better pay scales with minimum PB
2/GP of Rs.4800/- with promotional avenues up to the possible maximum level.
Hence, we request
your good self to kindly consider the above mentioned paras for which act of
kindness we shall remain ever grateful to you. On consideration of these things
we can ensure the very effective services to the Railway beneficiaries.
Thanking you in
anticipation and acknowledging the same please.
Yours faithfully,
good to see the effort, i have written the about the same to mr sandeep chaurasia. but its really very intresting that we are asking for the amendments in the irmm without actually putting the duties and responsibilities we are not in favour off and its not in our job discription.what short of amendments we are looking for in the irmm is not mentioned. it should be very clear about it. a higher gp of 4800 is a very welcome step as we are the for-bearers of indian railway health care system. we are next to doctors in the management of the healthcare of the employees and their dependents in the indian railways. cadre restructurings is very essentials. to maintain a very high quality of management and healthcare facility to the patients the due recognition and respect to the cadre of pharmcay is the need of the hour. we are used as jack of all trades but when it comes to recognize our contribution to the healthcare system we are accorded with step-motherly treatment. time now to awake arise and stop not till the goal is achieved.
ReplyDeleteHello Sir, very good steps are being taken by our organisation. I completely agree on issue of wearing of white apron having crossed green sign and renaming dispensary as Pharmacy. We Pharmacist are mediator between doctor and patient thus a very important part of medical profession, after doctor we are only responsible for medicine system but Govt still not nourishing a pharmacist with honorable GP. We have to raise our voice for it. Thanks Ram Chandra (R.C. Gedar)
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