Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) reply regarding the Pharm.D

Status as on 25 Mar 2018

Registration Number: PMOPG/E/2018/0007784

Name Of Complainant : Dr Faiz Ibrahim Mohammad PharmD

Date of Receipt : 07 Jan 2018

Received by : Prime Ministers Office

Forwarded to : Department of Health & Family Welfare

Contact Address : Room No. 243-B, A Wing,

Nirman Bhavan

New Delhi

Contact Number : 23063276

Grievance Description :

Dear prime minister, This very serious issue was going on in the country for the Doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D) (Six years course) graduate students. These students spending their valuable time and money to work for better patient care for our country. However, once a qualified Doctor of pharmacy graduate comes from the college/university to work for the patient there was no job opportunity created for these students. In abroad these students work as a clinical pharmacist and they have to approve a prescription even a physician had prescribed. These students have to analyse the prescription and check for any drug interactions and any other issues related to the prescription. In our country, we have resources (Doctor of pharmacy graduates) but they do not have the opportunity to serve for the nation. Because of   the poly-medication and under knowledge there was huge drug resistance, which was more vulnerable for future generations. It was strange that the Doctor of pharmacy been published in the gazette in 2008 but still the Ministry of health and recruiting team government of India was unaware regarding this course. The Doctor of pharmacy students and graduates are fighting for their rights. In addition, I would like to specify that Doctor of pharmacy graduates have better knowledge regarding the pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics compared to RMPs and unlicensed practitioner in the cities and villages. I would like to bring to your notice that, even for the notifications and circulars generated by the recruiting and HR team they prefer only D.pharm (Diploma in pharmacy) (2 years). My question to you was when a highly qualified graduate like Doctor of Pharmacy was available to serve the nation then why these candidates was recruited where they cannot completely analyze and prescribe or dispense the medications. Hence, I request the ministry of health and family welfare and government of India to consider this as a very serious emergency issue and start recruiting the Doctor of pharmacy students as clinical pharmacists in the government hospitals as other health care centres.

 

 Jai hind

 

Yours obediently

 

Dr. Faiz Ibrahim Mohammad Pharm.D

Current

Status : CASE CLOSED

Date of Action : 13 Mar 2018

 

Details :

The issue pertains to PCI and hence the same has been forwarded to them for appropriate action and to give reply to the applicant directly under intimation to the Ministry
CPGRAMS