Jan Aushadi Kendras in Karnataka govt hospitals to stop operations

Bengaluru: Permissions for Jan Aushadi Kendras operating in government hospital premises will henceforth be stopped and applications pending approval for 31 such centres to open will also be rejected, the state government decreed in an order made public on Saturday.

The order, dated May 14, noted that this would not affect Jan Aushadi Kendras being set up outside the hospitals. The department must also take steps to cancel the MoUs signed with the Jan Aushadi Kendras inside the government hospitals.

The Karnataka State Medical Supplies Corporation Ltd (KSMSCL), has decided to set special rates for the purchase of generic medicines, in collaboration with the Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI). Hospitals are hereby directed to purchase these medicines from BPPI and give them to patients for free.