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Orissa High Court orders doctors to write prescriptions in large capital letters


- No more messing up

Bhubaneswar 14th August 2020 Friday

The Orissa High Court had ordered the doctors not to write prescriptions in capital letters from now on, as prescriptions have to be written in capital letters. Everyone knows that a prescription written by a doctor can be read by either the compounder or the chemist. But now it will not work. At least not in Orissa.

Justice SK Panigrahi said in his judgment that prescriptions written in foul letters create problems even for patients, police, pharmacists, prosecution and the judiciary. Doctors should write the prescription, OPD sleep and postmortem report in legible letters. One applicant applied for bail to treat his wife's illness. The application was accompanied by a doctor's report which contained a prescription for the treatment of the ailing wife. Justice Panigrahi said it was not clear what was written in the prescription. This type of prescription will no longer work. Doctors have to get in the habit of writing prescriptions in capital letters. Legal action will be taken against the doctor who violated this ruling. He said that in today's digital age, there are many options for writing a legible prescription. No excuses will be used

The High Court in its judgment also referred to the revised code of conduct of the Indian Medical Council in 2016 which directed all doctors to write prescriptions in legible and capital letters.

Justice Panigrahi said that in today's internet and digital age, writing in unreadable characters is a crime. The fact remains that the patient's family has a legal right to know and read what the doctor has written.


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