Coming soon: affordable medicines

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) director N.R. Biswas on Friday inaugurated the state's first Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants (Amrit) pharmacy. Amrit is a central government initiative to provide affordable drugs to people and will be run by HLL Lifecare Limited, a central government 

TT Bureau Published 19.11.16, 12:00 AM

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) director N.R. Biswas on Friday inaugurated the state's first Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants (Amrit) pharmacy. Amrit is a central government initiative to provide affordable drugs to people and will be run by HLL Lifecare Limited, a central government enterprise. "So far we have opened 27 Amrit and 41 general pharmacies in the country. Cancer drugs and cardiac implants among others will be available at a 10 to 60 per cent discount here. "The store will function two days later after a pending software installation work," said J P Nandi, regional manager (East), Amrit Pharmacy. Picture by Ashok Sinha, Text by Shuchismita Chakraborty

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