To,
The, General
secretary,
IRPA / SEC.
Respected madam,
Sub:- Submission
of memorandum by pharmacist – Regarding injustice with pay structure and excess
work load ie-(clerical ,clinical and
managerial)
With due regard, Pharmacist of East Central Railway, draw
your kind
attention regarding injustice with pay structure with
respect to other categories.
The pharmacist category, pertaining higher qualifications
and much more higher work load but gating lower grade pay and promotion in
respect to other Categories, it is injustice with our category.
The minimum
qualification for pharmacist for registration in “state pharmacy Council’ is as
follows –
i.
10 + 2 (Science)
ii.
02 Years diploma in pharmacy + 03 Months
practical training in any recognized Hospital.
iii.
Course is Approved by PCI and AICTE. ,
So the pharmacist
spends four years with 03 months practical training in recognized hospital
after 10th standard.(i.e.-10 + 2+ 2+ 3 months = 14 years + 3 months.)
Thus the period of
educational qualification of pharmacist is more than J.E, Dental Hyeginist , Dietician
but gating lower grade pay. It is injustice with our category and this anomaly
must be rectified.
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Pharmacist
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Dietician
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Dental Hygienists
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J.E
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Eligibility for Diploma
course.
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10 + 2 (Science)
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10 + 2 (science)
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10 + 2
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10th only
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Duration of diploma course.
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02Years+03months.
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02 Years only.
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02 Years. Only.
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03 Years.
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Approval of course.
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AICTE & PCI Both.=So
course is Fully Technical.
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Not approved by AICTE = so
course is non technical.
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DCI Only = So course is non-technical.
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AICTE Only = so course is
Fully Technical.
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Initial grade pay.
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GP- 2800/- only.
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GP-4200/-
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GP – 4200/-
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GP-4200/-
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In general the grade
pay of Technical person is higher than Non-Technical person But only pharmacist
cadre is exception in medical department. In case of pharmacist, the grade pay
of technical person is much more lower than Non- technical person.
In other hand,as
per IRMM 2000 The work and responsibility of pharmacist is Clerical ,
Clinical and Managerial in the
railway hospital, which is given as follows -
CLERICAL
WORK OF PHARMACIST
1. Pharmacist
is in-charge of the T & P, dead stock register and consumable stores
register of health unit.
2.
Ensure cleanliness of health unit linen
and keep the Dhobi account.
3.
Place all articles requiring
condemnation before the medical officer.
4.
Be in charge of the linen in addition,
be responsible for the safe custody of health unit linen, surgical and medical
appliances and furniture and dead stock and shall see that they are kept in
good condition and replaced when necessary. Take monthly inventory and report
all missing articles to the concerned Medical officer.
5.
Be responsible for the accountal of
drugs,medicines,dressings,consumables and perishable stores.
6.
Maintain all registers in connection
with the medical statistics and prepare periodical returns,bills and indents
under the supervision of the Medical officer.
7.
Maintain the drug account and drug
register.
8.
Receive stores from the parcel/goods
office or stores delivery clerk and enter the same in respective ledger.
9.
Send the un-serviceable or surplus
stores on advice notes to the stores delivery clerk or to parcel/goods office
and enter the number of advice notes in the ledger.
10.
Assist the Doctor in preparation of
annual indent/emergent indent of drugs, dressings, instruments, medical and
surgical appliances and medical stores of health unit.
11.
Be responsible for the preparation and
submission of returns and do all clerical work under supervison of Doctors.
12.
Make entries on all outdoor tickets and
injury case sheets, when required.
13.
Keep the record of all out-door case
sheets and injury case sheets and prepare all certificates leaving the
‘disease’ column to be fiiled by the doctor.
14.
Receive and scrutinize the indents for
medical stores from the various health units.
15.
Maintain the record of PME/IME.
1.
Maintain medical card/RELHS card
registration.
2.
Keep the details of office staff
attendance, leave record, quarter file, TA details, movement register of staff
etc.
3.
Prepare monthly MCDO, PCDO, Muster Roll
MPR,QPR etc.
CLINICAL WORK OF
PHARMACIST.
1. Give
injection IM/IV. to patients when called
upon by the Medical officer in his supervision.
2. Supervise
the sterilization of all instruments and dressings.
3. Attend
to dressing of all type of wounds and injuries.
4. Keep all equipment and instruments in proper
order.
5. Prepare
lotions, Ointments and applications for surgical dressings.
6. Attend
EMERGENCIES in the absence of the medical officer (as far as rendering first
aid is concerned.).
7. Maintain
dispensing room and the appliances therein in proper working order and
distribute medicines to the patients.
8. Take
height, Weight & Chest measurements of candidates and employees for medical
examination and enter them in the register.
9. Keep
the record of Sick and fit Certificate
(MDL 45&60).
10. Vendor
fitness certificate.
11. Maintain
oxygen cylinder , emergency tray etc.
12. Attend
to medical emergencies in off duty hours.
13. Attend
to train call with doctor.
14. Stitching
and dressing of patients.
15. Maintenance
of ARME scale I & II.
16. Pharmacists are
the integral part of inventory control
of the drugs.
17. Provides safe
and effective storage of the drugs by storing different kind of drugs at
different temperatures and conditions of proper hygiene.
18. At the time of
dispensing the medicines to the patients, the pharmacist ensures
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Right
Patient
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Right
Medication
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Right
Dose
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Right
Route
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Right
Time
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Right
Documentation
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Also
take care of drug- drug interactions as well as drug food interaction
MANAGERIAL WORK OF
PHARMACIST.
1.
Supervise the work of the health unit staff and ensures that the
instructions left behind by the medical officers are correctly carried out.
2.
Responsible for proper cleanliness and maintenance of the health unit,
and matters related to health unit linen.
3.
Assist Medical officer in organization and smooth conduct of the health
unit.
4.
Pharmacist exercise control of all health unit staff placed under be
responsible for maintaining discipline amongst them.
5.
Supervise the work Dressers,health unit attendants ,sweepers and other
subordinate staff.
6.
Maintain discipline amongst staff.
7.
Maintain a check on the attendance and see that the staffs are employed
on their legitimate duties.
8.
Attained to departmental verification, vigilance verification, accounts
verification.
9.
Maintain housekeeping.
Therefore, Pharmacists are the integral part of medical
department. He acts as a connecting link between Doctors and patients and
having a lots’ of responsibility, but they are neglected in their promotion and
payments.
Therefore
pharmacist is very -very important person next to Doctor in the railway
hospital .
So, IRPA / ECR Put the following demands for your kind
consideration and further process of implementation.
1. According to nature of work and
educational qualification the initial grade pay of pharmacist must be at least Rs-4600/-.
2. Up-gradation of initial grade pay of
pharmacist cadre like a U.P / Uttrakhand Govt. order which is effected from
01.01.2006.
3. Pharmacists should be promoted in class “B
officer through GDCE pattern for smooth running of the pharmacy practice in
Railways.
4. Pharmacist must be given Non practicing
Allowance i.e.-25% of Basic + GP, like a Doctor, otherwise he should be allowed
to practice professionally after duty hours.
5. (As per Indian pharmacopeia No medicine can
be stored at a temperature of exceeding 30’c and as per British pharmacopeia No
medicine can be stored at a temperature exceeding 25’c. It is therefore necessary that medicine must
be stored in average temperature so that medicine do not lose their potency in
summer and patient get full benefit of their medicine.
6. Being a integral part and back bone of
Railway hospital, restructure of pharmacist cadre must be similar to Medical
officer, ie -DACP should be impliment at the place of MACP in vi CPC.
7. Minimum qualification of pharmacist should be a
B.Pharm. / D.pharm+3years regular service as a hospital pharmacist in
recognized hospital. / B.pharm.practice through bridge course.
8. Computerise the dispensary, store and
sub-store,with a common server like CGHS hospital.(It is essential to
Check the over distribution of medicine and maintain the technical value
of the pharmacists.
9. Uniform allowance and washing allowance as
per staff nurse.
10. According to educational qualification and
nature of duty the post of pharmacist is consider as a Drug Manager.
11. Fix up the criteria for pharmacist
regarding prescribing the medicine for treatment of the patient in Health unit
running without Doctor.
12.
Remove
the clerical and managerial work of pharmacist from IRMM otherwise give benefit
to pharmacist in his payments and promotion.
13.
It should be essential to organize the CPE
program at DIVISIONAL,ZONAL,and CENTRAL level for Up – gradation of the
Clinical / Technical skill of Pharmacist.
14.
Recognisation
of IRPA in railway board for its betterment.
15.
Amendment of New Yardstick of manpower planning and
common hour of duty for pharmacist in all Indian railways and implement it
soon.
16.
For
smooth running of hospital Emergency and ward it must be a full flagged 24
hours Emergency and ward pharmacy.
17.
Removal
of Non-technical work load and addition of following technical work of
pharmacist in IRMM :-
A. Ensuring medicinal
products are stored appropriately and securely to ensure
quality and potency.
B. Ensuring medication
reaches the patient in the correct form and dose – this may include tablets,
capsules, ointments, injections, inhalers and creams.
C. Being responsible
for the accurate dispensing and timely distribution of drugs and medicines for
inpatients or outpatients.
D. Supervising and checking the work of less experienced and less qualified staff.
E. Responding to
medication-related queries from within the hospital.
F. Keeping
up to date with, and
contributing to, research and development, often in collaboration with medical staff and colleagues.
G. Writing guidelines
for drug use within the hospital, preparing bulletins and implementing hospital
regulations.
H. Providing
information to individual wards on budgets and expenditure on drugs.
A. Setting up clinical
trials, evaluating new medications against claims made by pharmaceutical companies and recommending new
medicines that are the safest and most effective for individual patient needs.
B. Participating in ward rounds, taking patient
drug histories and contributing to the treatment decision-making process – this
includes highlighting a drug’s potential side effects, identifying harmful interactions with other
drugs and assessing the suitability of treatments for patients with particular health conditions.
C. Liaising with
physicians, nurses and other fellow health care professionals to ensure the
delivery of safe, effective and economic drug treatment.
D. Counseling patients on the effects, dosage and
route of administration of their drug treatments, particularly those who require complex drug therapy.
E. Monitoring every
stage of medication therapy to improve all aspects of delivery and reporting
patient side effects.
F. Communicating
effectively with patients’ relatives, community pharmacists, general
practitioners etc.
G. Preparing and
quality-checking sterile
medications under special conditions (e.g. Intravenous medications for those
unable to take food, anti-cancer medications, eye drops, etc.)
Memorandum regarding 7th CPC
1.
Minimum qualification of pharmacist cadre for hospital pharmacy should be
B.pharm /D.pharm.+3years experience in any recognized hospital / B.pharm.
Pr.through bridge course.
2.
Initial grade pay should be at least Rs-5400/-
मैडमजी कृपया उपर्युक्त मांग को पढने का कष्ट
करेंगे तथा जो डी.जी महोदय से सम्बंधित है,उन्हें श्रीमान के सामने रखने की कृपा
करेंगे / सुरेन्द्र
प्रसाद सुमन /सचिव /IRPA/HJP.
Courtsey by-
Sri.Surendra Kumar Suman/ZS/ Danapur
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