Assam gets first Amrit pharmacy at GMCH
Gaurav Das | TNN | Updated: Dec 8, 2016, 10.33 AM IST
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GUWAHATI: The state got its first Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (Amrit) pharmacy at Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) on Wednesday.
Inaugurated by Union health minister JP Nadda, the store will provide life-saving drugs at heavily discounted rates. Patients can also buy oncology and cardiovascular medicines and implants. Similar Amrit stores will be opened on the premises of five medical college hospitals in Jorhat, Barpeta, Tezpur, Dibrugarh and Silchar soon.
"We are trying to provide affordable medicines and treatment to people. Drugs for cancer and other diseases will be available at the GMCH outlet," said Nadda, who was accompanied by state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
In August, Sarma had said if the six Amrit pharmacies in medical college hospitals were successful, the state government would open more such outlets elsewhere.
Inaugurated by Union health minister JP Nadda, the store will provide life-saving drugs at heavily discounted rates. Patients can also buy oncology and cardiovascular medicines and implants. Similar Amrit stores will be opened on the premises of five medical college hospitals in Jorhat, Barpeta, Tezpur, Dibrugarh and Silchar soon.
"We are trying to provide affordable medicines and treatment to people. Drugs for cancer and other diseases will be available at the GMCH outlet," said Nadda, who was accompanied by state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
In August, Sarma had said if the six Amrit pharmacies in medical college hospitals were successful, the state government would open more such outlets elsewhere.
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