24x7 pharmacy at JNIMS in the pipeline
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, February 26 2016 : JNIMS has started providing life saving drugs free of cost to patients at the casualty section and it is said that a pharmacy which would remain open round the clock will be opened soon within the hospital complex.

Talking with The Sangai Express , JNIMS Director Prof L Deben said that pa- tients and patient parties who come to the hospital during night time have been facing lots of difficulties as there are no pharmacies inside the in- stitute's campus which remain open till late night.

Tender process for open- ing the 24X7 pharmacy has been initiated and its spot identified, Prof Deben said.

Maximum efforts are be- ing invested to open the pharmacy within the current month.

Discount of 10 to 15 per cent would be given on medi- cines sold at the pharmacy.

If the medicines are for treat- ment of cancer, there would be discount of 20 per cent.

As for the medicines pro- vided by the hospital author- ity free of cost, the hospital authority has been verifying whether patient parties actu- ally receive the medicines or not by taking their mobile phone numbers, Revenue earned by the in- stitute has doubled in the past year.

The number of OPD patients and surgical opera- tions performed in the hospital have also doubled.

This achievement can be at- tributed to the patient friendly initiatives taken up by the hospital authority, said the Director There is adequate supply of potable water inside the hospital cam- pus but there were times when the water supply ran short on account of keeping the water taps opened or removing the water taps by some patient parties.

He then appealed to all the people to keep the hospital neat and clean.

On the other hand, information received by press said that there are some super speciality doctors at JNIMS but they are unable to render their service to patients effectively on account of absence of adequate equipment.

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