free medicine: AIIMS adds 63 drugs to free medicine list

New Delhi: To extend accessibility to healthcare, the AIIMS-Delhi has added 63 extra medicine to the checklist of medicines being supplied freed from value to sufferers on the premier medical institute. The transfer will profit numerous poor individuals, Director of the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, Dr M Srinivas, mentioned.

The choice to develop the checklist of medicines accessible on the pharmacy from 296 to 359 was taken just lately.

“Sixty-three medicines have been added to the present checklist,” Srinivas mentioned.

Palbociclib, Dasatinib, Methotrexate, Trimazet, Magesterol Acetate and Leucovorin are among the many medicines added to the checklist. Apart from, injection common insulin, injection NPH Insulin and injection Insulin Premix 30/70 can even be accessible freed from value.

Professor in-charge of the Media Cell, Dr Rima Dada, mentioned, “The pharmacy has been a beacon of hope for poor sufferers who require medicines however face financial constraints.”

“This initiative aligns completely with the federal government’s mission to make high quality healthcare accessible to all,” Dada mentioned.