Haryana notifies AYUSH policy

Chandigarh: The Haryana government notified the Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) Medicine Procurement Policy, 2016 which aims to ensure a free and uninterrupted supply of high quality medicines in the state. Every batch of medicines would undergo testing before it is distributed through government hospitals, swasthay kendras, dispensaries, panchkarma centres and National Health Mission (NHM) institutions in the state, officials said. In view of a directive by the of Union Ministry of AYUSH, medicines having World Health Organization (WHO) certification or AYUSH Premium Mark would be preferrably procured, the official said.
A spokesperson of the states Ayush ministry said that the policy suggests preparation of standard lists of medicines, approved sources for procurement, quantification of demand and budget for procurement. The procurement would be made out of the standard lists of medicines and these lists too would be reviewed by the technical committee of the department at least once a year, the spokesperson said. He said that the essential drugs and medicines required for implementation of key government sche…
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