PIMA upset over DRAP notice to doctors
Islamabad
April 24, 2021
Islamabad : The Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) has expressed deep concern over DRAP s notification directing doctors to prescribe generic names of medicine instead of brand names.
Dr. Khubaib Shahid, Central President of PIMA, said in a statement on Friday that unplanned actions will have a negative impact on the healthcare system. It is not the jurisdiction of DRAP to issue instructions to doctors to write trade names or generic names of drugs. Regulatory bodies, including the Pakistan Medical Commission and the health department, have a responsibility to issue any such directive. The relevant government departments should issue a policy statement in this regard.
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PIMA upset over DRAP notice to doctors
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Karachi
April 19, 2021
Hardly 10 of the doctors and healthcare providers who lost their lives due to Covid-19 in Pakistan were directly involved with the treatment and management of the disease, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has claimed, demanding the resumption of the coronavirus vaccination to all healthcare workers without any delay.
“Of the 192 doctors who lost their lives in Pakistan, around 182 were ordinary doctors and healthcare providers who contracted the disease from asymptomatic patients,” PMA General Secretary Dr Qaiser Sajjad told The News on Sunday.
“Every healthcare provider in Pakistan is a frontline healthcare worker because they are risking their lives by treating known as well as asymptomatic patients of Covid-19.”