In a novel initiative, the Karnataka government is opening Generic Drugs Stores to sell generic drugs at subsidised rates, 50% less than the MRP, to benefit the poor and the middle class people. The drug stores will be called the 'Janatha Bazaar Generic Drug Store' and the first store is being opened on June 21 in the premises of the Victoria Hospital. Medical education minister S A Ramdas said this facility will be made available in all the hospitals, which come under the medical education department. The initiative is being introduced in collaboration with the Karnataka State Co-operative Consumer Federation Ltd. The government has given instructions to all the hospitals under the department to prescribe only generic drugs.
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