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Chandigarh: Jan Aushadhi Kendra at GMSH-16 to be reopened this week
The Chandigarh administration had decided to restart the Jan Aushadhi Kendras at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, and GMSH-16 in June this year
To make generic and affordable medicines available for patients, the UT health department will be reopening the Jan Aushadhi Kendra at Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH-16) this week.
The UT administration had decided to restart the Jan Aushadhi Kendras at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, and GMSH-16 in June this year.
The centres provide high-quality generic medicines at comparatively cheaper rates than branded medicines. Two similar centres are already operational at PGIMER.
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Earlier operated by the Red Cross Society, the two Jan Aushadhi stores at GMCH-32 and GMSH-16 were shut down amid the Covid-19 pandemic after the organisation expressed its inability to operate them.
“In May this year, Ravi Dadhich, chief executive officer (CEO), Jan Aushadhi, visited Chandigarh and the issue of non-functional centres was taken up with him. When asked if we can run the centres on the lines of PGIMER, he suggested that the centres should be allotted through a transparent bidding process,” UT health secretary Yashpal Garg said.
“The tenders for the two stores at GMSH-16 and GMCH-32 were opened in September and were allotted through a transparent bidding process. The chemist at GMSH-16 has already been provided with a licence and the shop will be opened this week,” the health secretary said, adding that the one at GMCH-32 will also be opened in a month.
