Recently, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has established 12 AMRIT Pharmacies across the Union Territory to reduce Out Of Pocket Expenditure for consumers. These stores provide branded drugs and implants surgical and disposable at affordable prices.
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AMRIT pharmacies, which are operating under an MoU between both central and Union Territory administrations, sell branded drugs such as those used for treating cancer and cardiovascular diseases at an average discount of up to 60 per cent.
These pharmacies offer an inventory of more than 5,200 drugs, implants, surgical disposable and other consumables besides ensuring availability of generic and lifesaving branded drugs is its prime objective.
Additionally, AMRIT pharmacies offer unconditional support to make Ayushmaan Bharat Pradan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna, which is a part of Indian Government’s National Health Policy that aims to provide free health coverage at the secondary and territory level to its bottom 40 per cent poor and vulnerable population.
Ever since the first AMRIT Pharmacy became operational in the last year, about 1 lac 53 thousand 585 patients have benefited.
The AMRIT Pharmacies have also played an important role during COVID-19 challenge by providing masks, sanitizers and hand gloves as also PPE Kits to the consumers at most competitive prices.
The Jammu and Kashmir government intends to extend the outreach of AMRIT Pharmacies by opening another six outlets in the prestigious health institutions in coming days.
