Medical Shop

MEDICAL SHOPThe medical store is a place where patients visit to fill their prescriptions. The medicines being technical products are potentially hazardous to cause disability or loss of life if it were used unscientifically. The anomalies in regulating the sales of medicines across the counter are a major controversy due to the trade organizations requesting the government to amend the Drug and Cosmetic Act Rule 65(15)(c) to redefine the definition of qualified person as anybody having minimum experience of 5 years as partner/proprietor retail pharmacy outlet. They have called for all India Bundh and agitation on 10th May 2013. The letter appeals to public of India to take their side and show sympathy to the agitating owners or business partners by supporting them in their endeavour to do away with pharmacy profession from public service. Here, we will discuss the significance of pharmacist presence while drugs are dispensed to the patients.