Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has urged Pharmacists in the country to be Information Technology compliant in line with changing trends.
Chime who made the call on Friday in Enugu, observed that IT compliance was in line with changing trends in their profession.
The governor spoke through his Health Commissioner, Dr Martin Chukwunweike during the state’s Annual Seminar of the Nigeria Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists.
He noted that the time had come where each hospital must have a resident pharmacist before being registered by Nigeria Medical Council (NMC).
The governor called for regular interaction between the Pharmacists, Doctors and Nurses to improve the standard of health care delivery.
He said that the state government had disbursed money for the fencing of the state’s Pharmaceutical Store.
He gave the assurance that the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH) would also receive attention from the government.
Earlier, Prof Godfrey Obiaga, a fellow of Pharmaceutica1 Society of Nigeria (PSN), had enumerated some of the challenges of the profession in the 21st century.
He said some of them included Telepharmacy, Pharmacovigilance, Herbal and Traditional Medicines and the detection of fake drugs.
Obiaga enjoined Pharmacists to put the integrity of their practices first and urged them to continue to work hard.
“We have to work hard to retain the enviable respect the profession has attained,” he said.
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