Medicines for the treatment of gastric disorders, Blood Pressure , diabetes, cardiovascular ailments and pain management with sales rising about 170 since past somtime were started sold through Jan Aushadhi Kendra all over in Haryana state as a result citizens saved about Rs 20,000 crore in past nine years, The Jan Aushadhi Kendras selling generic drugs at affordable prices have seen their sales rise more than 170 times in last nine years, but the government has no intention of making them available online in the near future. There were three stores opened inside the hospitals in three districts and 86 stores in private sector, of these as many as 58 stores have been closed down in the absence of proper infrastructure
CEO of the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Bureau of India Dhadhich said that generic medicines to treat such medical disorders gaslketric issues, diabetes, cardiovascular ailments and pain have seen the highest sale at these Jan Aushadhi Kendras under under the Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana scheme. The drugs sold at these Kendras are 50% to 90% cheaper in prices than their branded counterparts available at the medical stores. He said, there are plans to increase the number of drugs and surgical equipments available at these Kendras in the near future and currently the country has 9484 Jan Aushadhi Kendras and there is a proposal to increased to 10,000 with the product basket of about 1800 drugs and 285 surgical items.
According to the information, there are currently four warehouses under the scheme located at Gurugram, Chennai, Guwahati and Surat, with the central warehouse at Gurugram being the largest among four. Dadhich emphasised that efforts are made for the highest importance on quality parameters and conducts checks to ensure good quality of the medicines sold through such stores offering highly subsidised prices without compromising on the quality and on receipt of stocks at the warehouses these are tested at the laboratories accredited by the National Accreditation Board for testing and calibration ensuring best quality, he said.
According to information, in the last nine years, the number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras under PMBJP have seen significant growth in some of areas running kendras on a franchise model with individual entrepreneurs applying to establish and run these Kendras. There is a planning to open up to 400 Kendras in Haryana in future. At present there are very few such Kendras functioning in governement Hospitals in Haryana state due to shortage of place in the hospitals where most of the medicines are supplied to the patients free of cost. However, there are such stores, one each in Karnal and Bhiwani government hospitals at present.
Whereas, in private sector 10 centres in Panipat, 6 at Ambala, 8 in Karnal, 6 in Kurukshetra, 7 in Yamunanagar, 8 in Jind, 5 in Kaithal, 17 in Hisar, 3 in Bhiwani, 9 in Sirsa and one each in Fatehabad district at present. The reason for not having such sale centres in government hospitals in the state is due to acute shortage of place in these hospitals. In majority of private hospitals in Haryana, the hospital management have own medical shops inside the hospitals as they are not interest edto sell medicines available at cheaper rates. According to the government information, 256 Jan Aushadhi Kendrtas are functioning in the state at present.
