Supreme Court rejects PIL for mandatory disclosure of drug side effects by doctors
Kerala-based naturopath Jacob Vadakkanchery wanted that all medical professionals should specify the side effects in an additional slip in the regional language along with the prescription.
The Bench led by Justice BR Gavai said if this practice is followed, then the general practitioners would not be able to attend more than 10-15 patients if this was followed. It was «not practical at all» and for every patient there are different medicines, the apex court said.
“The only thing that can be done is a local language indicator in pharmacy that read the medicine cover properly," the judges said, while rejecting the petition.
Counsel Prashant Bhushan on behalf of Vadakkanchery argued that the World Health Organisation states that a large part of harm is caused to patients because of the adverse effects of medicines.
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