Whose fault was it, the doctor or the medical professional, the matter reached the High Court

Bilaspur: Despite the order to doctors to write the names of generic medicines in capital letters in the prescription, a petition has been filed in the Chhattisgarh High Court for not following it. Hearing this, the High Court has asked the State Medical Council to file a reply.

It has been said in the PIL that by amending the rules of the Indian Medical Council 2002, all the doctors of the country have been instructed to write the names of generic medicines clearly and in capital letters. In compliance with this, in Chhattisgarh also the Health Department had written a letter to the Superintendent of all government and private hospitals, CMHO, Civil Surgeon, IMA etc. Despite this, doctors are prescribing branded medicines instead of generic ones. The doctors who are giving prescriptions for generic medicines are writing the names of the medicines in small letters, which the patient does not understand. Taking advantage of this, shopkeepers replace it with other expensive medicines. The High Court had sought a reply from the Health Department of the State Government in this matter. It was said on his part that an order in this regard has already been issued. If the doctor is not doing so then the slips will be checked. The Division Bench of the Chief Justice has also made the State Medical Council a party in the case and directed it to file an additional affidavit within four weeks.