Young doctors oppose ‘Limited Practice’ for pharmacists in Punjab

The Punjab Pharmacy Council’s indication of legislation to allow Category-A pharmacists to engage in “limited practice” is a dangerous attempt to give quackery a legal cover, and we strongly condemn it.

Pharmacists are not doctors, nor are they authorized to diagnose patients, provide treatment, or prescribe medicines. Their role is limited to dispensing medicines according to a doctor’s prescription and providing guidance on their proper use, adverse effects, and drug interactions.

The Punjab Pharmacy Council should first take action against rented-out pharmacy categories and absentee pharmacists, and ensure the actual presence of a pharmacist at every pharmacy. Patients’ lives are not a laboratory for experimentation. PMDC and the Healthcare Commission must play their role. We will continue our fight against quackery.