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The Pharmacy department at our hospital hospitals is responsible for dispensing medications daily for the inpatient and outpatient population. It consists of pharmacists and support personnel, who work together to ensure that patients receive highest quality pharmaceutical care.
Bulk stocks of all the medicines and surgical items are stored in the pharmacy stores. Medicines are procured from companies that set standards in quality. These include standard companies with good credentials. The dispensing at the pharmacy counters is done by the pharmacists after carefully checking the medicines individually with the prescription.
The medicine requirement of special ward patients is handled by a dedicated billing and dispensing counter. Online prescriptions received at this counter are handled by a team of pharmacists and support personnel. Medicines from this counter are transited by pneumatic tube system to the special wards. Bulk medicines and fragile items like some ampoules etc are delivered manually by the support staff.
The pharmacy department also has a Drug Information and Counselling Centre for the out patients, where clinical pharmacists provide information about the prescribed medicine; inform patients about dosage and; adverse effects; drug food interactions and the importance of drug intake without missing a dose.
Emergency medicines and those that are of high risk are labelled and stored separately. Drugs that are look-alike and sound-alike are stored with appropriate labelling so that there is no mix-up.
The pharmacies at our hospital provide essential support to ensure that medicines are adequately stocked and dispensed with utmost speed and efficiency. The pharmacy boasts a wide range of approved drugs and surgical. The functioning of the pharmacy is based on globally acclaimed ethical practices for hospital pharmacies. To support the hospital and the patients, the pharmacy strives to provide top-notch service. The pharmacy is open 24X7 and offers a range of super-speciality drugs.