Assessment of Health Services Through Partial Study of Medical Prescription in Nalut area.

الملخص

   Background: Man needed to treat many diseases over the years from early days, he also has used many natural plants and herbal remedies to treat certain diseases these practices were developed to modern prescription.

   Objectives: This study was aimed at assessment of health services in Nalut and the surrounding area through investigating different and related prescription of medicine to ill patient issues.

Methods:

   This study was done through a survey study on different prescription, issues and patient medical examinations in Nalut Central hospital, Alharaba Hospital, Tigi Hospital and Kabaw Hospital. The study also involved assessment of 4350 different prescriptions given to ill patients in these hospitals over the period between   of October 2014-March 2015.

Results:

This study has shown reasonably unaccepted level of the adherence to the WHO prescription guide lines from the point of using generic name Instead of trade name reported at 41%. injection prescriptions demonstrated very low level at 0.2%. Patient examination time taken by the physician was recorded at 3 minutes for one case which is not accepted. 40% of medicines were issued from inside these hospitals which is an indication of short supply. Pharmaceuticals protocol list is not implemented and it is not more than 15%.

Conclusions:

    Practitioners and pharmacists should adhere to the International Guidelines and according to the WHO guidelines with regard to medical prescription and patient examination and should assure full and firm implementation of these guidelines to improve medical services.