Evaluation of Hospital Pharmacy Set-up in Government and Private Hospitals

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate about current position of hospital pharmacy set-up in different government and private hospitals in Pakistan and Foreign Countries of Gulf.

Method: This survey was done to evaluate the pharmacy setup present in government and private hospitals of Islamabad, Rawalpindi (Pakistan) Dubai and Riyadh (Gulf cities). A proforma was filled during the survey of 34 hospitals selected from public and private hospitals in these four cities.

Result: Practically 87.5% government and 69% private hospitals had pharmacy set-up in Pakistan whereas all government and private hospitals in Gulf countries had pharmacy set-up. Most of government and private hospitals followed any one type of dispensing system but nearly 37.5% of private hospitals don’t follow any system in Pakistan.

Conclusion: The study suggests that the hospital pharmacists do have concern about their professional responsibilities. However, pharmacy set-up in Pakistan needs to achieve special consideration. The pharmacy set-up in foreign countries is well-developed and well-maintained but no system can be perfect in any case. There are always some pitfalls in approach to standard positions. Local as well as foreign hospitals need some proactive on pharmacists to enlarge their roots in their profession.