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Dept. of Pharmacy is under Dy. Medical Supndt.
As Administrative HOD and is guided by a Pharmacy
Core Committee, which comprises of all the Administrator
from Managing committee. The committee meets
every three months and formulates the guidelines
for the Dept. and takes up preview of its financial
performance
The Dept. of Pharmacy is centrally located at
the entrance of the Hospital and is accessible
to out patients as well as In door patients.
Services of this Dept. are available to the
patients for 24 hours a day. There is also a
separate Pharmacy at MINS to cater to the requirements
of the patients at Neurology Department. Where
the services are available during OPD hours
Main Pharmacy has two services units i.e. one
retail counter where Medicines are dispensed
to the patients across the counter to patients
and Ward supplies are given out to Indoor patients.
There are about 2500 drugs from proprietary
medicines which are routinely used by the clinicians
of various specialities for the patients under
their care. This counter is open for 24 hours
and is crucial for patients in various ICU’s
Second section is Dispensary unit which mainly
caters to the patients from Dermatology, Pediatrics,
Cardiology, CTS and Orthopedic Departments.
The Drugs dispense from here are of non proprietary
nature and are not available in the Local Market
but are required to be compounded and dispense
to individual patients needs. This is the only
such facility available in State and many of
the surrounding Clinicians avail of the services
which are exclusive to this unit. This is manned
by one Senior Pharmacist and the services are
available during OPD hours
There are 16 qualified and registered Pharmacist
working in the Department, amongst whom 6 are
senior Pharmacists
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