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MCI fiat to docs: Prescribe generic drugs or face action
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Doctors have been warned of action if they failed to adhere to its guideline on prescribing drugs in generic names.
New Delhi: Doctors have been warned of action if they failed to adhere to its guideline on prescribing drugs in generic names.
The Medical Council of India's directive comes days after PM Modi spoke of putting in a system to ensure that doctors prescribed generic drugs to patients.
The MCI reminded doctors that prescriptions had to be legible, preferably in capital letters, and there had to be a "rational" prescription, failing which "strict disciplinary action" would be taken.
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