Around 5,000
pharmacists passed out every year and over 18,000
pharmacists were unemployed, including 7,000 in Punjab, he claimed.
As per rule appointment of a
pharmacist is mandatory to get license to run a medical store, he added.
-- The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) is getting out the message that when it comes to impacting patients' health,
pharmacists are fully qualified, capable and willing.
A license from the Central Pharmacy Council in Islamabad is required to run an institution, but unfortunately most private pharmacies are operating without a licensed
pharmacist, posing a serious danger to the public health as these stores also sell over the counter drugs.
When I first qualified, having a
pharmacist working within a GP practice was unheard of.
About the role of
pharmacists, he said that in a healthcare establishment,
pharmacist prescribed the quantity and quality of medicines to a patient.
Speaking at a press conference at the National Press Club, representatives of the
Pharmacists' Association said many unqualified
pharmacists are working in the market, which has put people's health and lives at risk.
In an incident that sparked heated commentary on social media, a
pharmacist at a Walgreens store in the Phoenix suburb of Peoria wouldn't dispense a miscarriage drug for Nicole Mone Arteaga, who had just found out that her baby's development had stopped.
The chance of hitting the 6-mg/dL mark at 6 months almost tripled when a
pharmacist was involved.
The speakers were senior
pharmacist and former president Pakistan
Pharmacist Association (PPA) KP chapter Israf Gul, Javed, president PPA KP, Mushtaq Chudhri, central member PPA, Professor Dr Niaz Ali, Dr Nazir Ahmad, general secretary UPA and Rafiq Ahamd.