Think of the cost factor too

THERE is talk that the new Pharmacy Bill may be tabled in Parliament within this year. The pharmacy community has been all ears and eyes about details in the new bill as the content is still anyone’s guess until revealed in Parliament.

Nevertheless, one contentious issue that has dogged pharmacy as well as medical practitioners is the dispensing of medication. While the doctors maintain that they are sufficiently trained and adequately knowledgeable in dispensing medications to their patients, the pharmacists are of the opinion that it would be more advantageous to patients if they obtain their medicines from qualified pharmacists.