Chandigarh to have four more subsidised drug stores

By IANS,

Chandigarh:In a bid to provide medicines at subsidized rates to poor people, Chandigarh administration would open stores where drugs would be available at cheap rates, an official said here Wednesday.

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“The facility of Jan Aushadhi will be provided at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Government multi-specialty hospital, Sector 16 and at two other civil hospitals. They will provide generic medicines at one-fifth to one-tenth rate of the branded medicine,” said a government spokesperson.

“This scheme is already in practice at PGIMER (Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) and at various locations in Punjab,” he said.