First Jan Aushadhi medical store in TN opened

The first Jan Aushadhi medical store in Tamil Nadu, under the 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojna' scheme to dispense generic medicines, was opened here today.
"The stores will dispense 550 medicines available under the scheme, including generic drugs for diabetes, cardiac problems, blood pressure, gastro, vitamins and antibiotics," EV Shiril, Managing Director of EVS Med, which has been assigned the task of opening these stores, said.
He said in the first phase, they planned to open 50 medical centres across Coimbatore, Nilgiris and Tirupur districts, 25 of which will be opened in Coimbatore in the next two months.
In the second phase, EVS Med plans to open 75 stores this fiscal from Coimbatore to Chennai and move southwards, he said.

Shiril said the company would also launch home delivery services within a month of opening the shops, besides it was planning mobile Jan Aushadhi medical stores to cater to the rural areas.
Generic medicines are the unbranded ones which are identical or bio equivalent to the branded ones and have the same efficacy in terms of therapeutic values, he said.