Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 1: Lecture-cum-CME on ‘Errors of Medication’ was organized by the Department of Pharmacology and Department of Paediatrics of Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences & Hospital in its Auditorium, here today.
Dr Ashutosh Gupta, Prof and Head, Department of Radiation Oncology, Government Medical College, Jammu was the chief guest, while Dr Pavan Malhotra, Director Principal of Pharmacology delivered the lecture on the errors of medication, its types and causes.
Dr Malhotra laid stress on availability of lookalike and sound-like drugs which either resemble in name or resemble in packages but the drug belongs to different groups. He gave a detailed implication of errors due to lookalike drugs and advised the young budding doctors to lay stress on the drug profile of each and every drug before prescribing it.
He also quoted Sir William Osler, who stated that “A good physician is the one who treats the disease, while as the great physician is that who treats the patients who have the disease”. The session was chaired by Dr Vishal Tandon.
In the 2nd session, Dr Ravinder K. Gupta, Prof and Head, Department of Paediatrics, ASCOMS gave a detailed account of how to prevent the medication errors in the daily practice.
He advocated that the complaint of lookalike sound alike drugs should be seriously taken up by the Government of India so that confusing presentation of drugs don’t adversely affect the health of the patients, while Dr GS Saini, Head of Department of Paediatrics GMC Jammu elaborated on the daily difficulties being faced by all the paediatricians on the errors of medication.
The CME was attended by doctors from various institutes namely Dr Sarabjeet Singh, Principal IDS Sehora, Dr Sanjeev Digra, Dr Ashu Jamwal, Dr Razzak, Dr Sunil Dutt Sharma, Dr NK Pargal, Dr Sapna Gupta, resident doctors and MBBS students.
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