August 20, 2026 11:14 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Vijay govt calls for action to stop students, youth from joining CJP, Left protests | Kolkata hotel fire kills 9: Bengal Minister Agnimitra Paul targets ex-TMC govt, CESC over licences | Kolkata hotel fire: 9 Bangladeshi nationals, including women and a child, die in massive blaze | Tarun Tejpal faces life term? Goa govt moves Supreme Court after 2013 rape conviction | Supreme Court rejects ‘less painful’ death penalty plea, but leaves door open for future change | ‘Vulgarity and disgust’: DMK attacks Vijay over Trisha salute at I-Day event | ‘Take Gyanesh Kumar to the US’: Congress mocks Trump over praise for India’s voter ID system | Big relief for Imran Khan: Pakistan Supreme Court orders hospital transfer amid health fears | Trump praises India’s voter ID system, pushes SAVE America Act | Trump's shock threat to bomb Oman: US President warns ally over Iran deal and Hormuz crisis
Jan Aushadhi Diwas

Jammu and Kashmir: Jan Aushadhi Diwas celebrated in Budgam

| @indiablooms | Mar 08, 2021, at 11:40 pm

Srinagar: Jan Aushadhi Diwas was celebrated today at District Hospital Budgam along with other parts of country and UT of J&K.

The Diwas was attended by CMO Budgam Tajamul Hussain Khan, Nishat Shaheen A.D Health Kashmir Division representing Directorate Health service Kashmir, RMO District Hospital Budgam and other concerned officers and officials.

The program based on theme of cost effective and efficient medicines also witnessed huge public participation of senior citizens and patients as well.

Dr. Tajamul Hussain Khan enlightened the gathering regarding the aim and objective of Jan Aushadhi Diwas which was launched in country in year 2008, at J&K in year 2010 and now currently at Budgam in January 2020. The CMO informed the public that there are 3 Jan Aushadhi outlets primarily functioning in District at District Hospital Budgam, SDH Magam and SDH Chadoora.

Two new Jan Aushadhi outlets will be launched within short span of time at SDH Charsharief and Beerwah, the CMO added.

CMO further said that during current year, Jan Aushadhi outlets will be set up mostly at all remaining SDHs. CMO appealed to the public to come forward and avail benefits of Jan Aushadhi outlets which run 24×7 .

The medicines are Generic which are highly cost effective, 50% to 90% less costly than branded medicine with same and above mark efficiency. 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.