What is Jan Aushadhi?
A Government of India Campaign, under which it was planned to provide cheaper, non-branded essential medicines through dedicated outlets in all District Hospitals of Punjab was launched in December 2008.
Objectives of Jan Aushadhi:
- To promote awareness about cost effective drug prescribing.
- To make available unbranded quality generic medicines at affordable prices through public-private partnership.
- To encourage doctors in government hospitals to prescribe generic medicines as per the list of such medicines drawn out for this purpose.
Sites where Jan Aushadhi stores are operational:
| 1 | Civil Hospital Amritsar |
| 2 | Civil Hospital Bathinda |
| 3 | Civil Hospital Barnala |
| 4 | Civil Hospital Faridkot |
| 5 | Civil Hospital Ferozepur |
| 6 | Civil Hospital Fatehgarh Sahib(Yet to Open) |
| 7 | Civil Hospital Gurdaspur |
| 8 | Civil Hospital Hoshiarpur |
| 9 | Civil Hospital Jalandhar |
| 10 | Civil Hospital Kapurthala |
| 11 | Civil Hospital Mansa |
| 12 | Civil Hospital Moga |
| 13 | Civil Hospital Muktsar |
| 14 | Civil Hospital S.B.S Nagar |
| 15 | Civil Hospital Roop Nagar(Yet to Open) |
| 16 | Civil Hospital Sangrur |
| 17 | Civil Hospital Ludhiana |
| 18 | Civil Hospital Pathankot |
| 19 | Civil Hospital Tarn Taran |
| 20 | Sub-Divisional Hospital Abohar |
| 21 | MKH Patiala |
| 22 | Sub-Divisional Hospital Nabha |
| 23 | Civil Hospital Mohali |