World pharmacist day is celebrated all over world on 25 September. Pharmacists’ role is often less recognized in developing countries like India. After pharmacy practice rules 2015 the current state of affairs seems to be slowly changing. Let’s see how the Indian media covered pharmacist day 2019.
साल 2017 में एनल्स ऑफ एलर्जी, अस्थमा एंड इम्यूनोलॉजी में प्रकाशित एक अध्ययन में एक बात सामने आई है कि फार्मासिस्ट को डॉक्टर से ज्यादा ज्ञान होता है। इस अध्ययन में यह बात सामने आई है कि 78 फीसदी फार्मासिस्ट जानते थे कि पेनिसिलिन एलर्जी समय के साथ हल हो सकती है, जबकि केवल 55 फीसदी डॉक्टरों की इस बात की जानकारी थी। इतना ही नहीं इस अध्ययन में यह भी पता चला कि वो दवाओं के बारे में भी उनसे ज्यादा जानते हैं।LOKMAT NEWS
Now see some English media coverage.
We often undermine the importance of people who do not work mainstream. One of these professions is that of a pharmacist. To celebrate the contribution of pharmacists towards the world, September 25 is celebrated as World Pharmacist Day every day. The day is celebrated with an objective to create awareness about the role of a pharmacist in improving health and highlight the importance of medicine experts in one’s life.NEWS18.COM
The theme declared for world pharmacist day 2019 is “Safe and effective medicines for all”. This theme focuses on promoting the crucial role of a pharmacist in safeguarding patient safety by improving medicine use and reducing medication errorsNDTV.COM
On this day, many activities are organised over the world to help people understand the crucial role played by a pharmacist. Pharmacists provide medical assistance to patients by ensuring correct medicines are consumed in proper dosage.FIRSTPOST
As usual the TV News channels were busy covering crimes, Pakistan and Entertainment. But some mainstream media reported the pharmacist day news as articles, as we have provided above. More Newspaper coverage related to pharmacist day is expected on 26 September morning.
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