Whenever asked for going to garden with wife, going to school on parents day of your son/ Daughter, going to marriage of friends, visitng a relative in hospital,
the answer of a owner pharmacist is fixed and is
Sorry yaar i desperately want to come with you, but i cant...!
Reliever nahi hey !! Problem ho jayega.., etc etc reasons are normally given by Pharmacists Owner of Medical Store Owners due to Legal bindings on them.
All you can say is sunday hey toh jaroor aaunga !
Since the inspection of Drug Inspectors in Maharastra has seen rise many medical store owner pharmacists are under pressure as how to manage balance between personal and professional life as Pharma Laws demand availability of a Registered Pharmacist all time in the medical store whenever it is open.
May it be a Road side medical store or Hospital attached medical store they are much affected of this legal binding. And a medical store may not always afford to pay a Extra Pharmacist.
So in Such cases
'Cluster Pharmacy " project may prove to be a boon....!!
What is it??
A group Minimum 10 and maximum 15 of medical store owners in same area come together to form a cluster. They should be located in same zone of FDA and should come in zone/ area of single Drug Inspector is the only important condition !!
They appoint a pharmacist for them all together.This will be informed in writing to local FDA branch. On approval he now is the official reliever of the cluster members.
In case any one of the group member has to go out of town for some days or he needs rest for few hours or he suddenly fells ill, all he has to do is inform local FDA in advance about it and our Cluster Pharmacist will be present in the stores for dispensing in the mean time.
I
ssues in implementing :
Many issues are needed to be tackled as this concept is new and may need refurnishing.
but this idea can be adopted after working a bit on it.
Some issues i thought are solved here as per my ability.
Solutions from readers side are always welcome.
- Reneumeration to be paid... How will it be? on per hour basis or salary?
It could be done by paying on per hour basis by the store owner or fixed day pay.
- It is not a full time career option..?
Yes, it may be regarded as Part Time job but for housewives this is ideal job.
For Pharmacist who are more inclined to job security this might not be a good option but those who are having time and need to earn can always have this option.This option will also offer you tremendous knowledge and experience.
- Is this real? Never heard of such concept of licensed reliever in Indian pharma Retail Industry till today.
This is just a proposed concept. The Chemist Association or The Pharmacist Welfare Association or other relevant bodies may have to take it forth to the FDA as this is need of hour.
- People will say that Full time nahi mil raha Part- Time Pharmacist kaha milega?
This idea is more useful for owner Pharmacist people and not Non-pharmacist medical store owners.
Owner Pharmacist really miss the chord of family life due to their professional life as they have no holiday other than weekly off.
Case of Non Pharmacist Owner is different as they are not bound to be present in stores round the clock.
After working and discussing with more experienced people in the field this idea might work wonders.
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