Meghalayas first AMRIT pharmacy is the countrys 103rd AMRIT pharmacy aimed at providing life-saving drugs at heavily discounted rates for the benefit of the weaker sections of society.
At the inaugural function, Wajri lauded the initiative taken by the Government of India to facilitate the setting up of Amrit pharmacy in the state run hospital where patients from the weaker section of society can afford to buy medicines at a highly subsidized rate.
She said there are cases where patients stopped treatment due to unaffordable costs of medicines expressing hope that this pharmacy will serve its purpose for the people of the state.
Health and Family Welfare secretary H M Shangpliang informed that the government is committed to provide quality and affordable health care to the people of the state.
He said the government is in the process to link Amrit Pharmacy with the Meghalaya Health Insurance Scheme (MIHS) to ensure that people can get maximum benefit from the pharmacy.
HLL East India Regional Manager Rupa Chakraborty said the Government of India is committed to reduce the expensive treatment to people by providing quality and affordable medicines.
"Besides medicines for cancer and cardio-vascular diseases, the pharmacy will also will dispense medicines for other diseases as well as per requirement of the hospital," she said.
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