Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:
(a) whether medical errors including illegible handwriting of doctors cause a number of preventable deaths in the country, and if so, the number of such casualties reported and the action taken/ proposed to be taken by the Government thereon during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
(b) whether the Government has taken note of doctors prescribing costlier and branded medicines instead of generic medicines in collusion with pharmaceutical companies/private chemists for personal gains and profits and if so, the details thereof;
(c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to ensure that the medical prescriptions are written in legible hand and the generic names of medicines also clearly mentioned thereon;
(d) whether the Government proposes to set up generic medicine centres in the country, and if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise; and
(e) the other measures being taken by the Government to encourage use of generic medicines and ensure their quality and safety in the country?