ADR Monitoring Cell (Pharmacovigilance Cell)
Department of Pharmacology
Govt. Medical College & Sir T. General Hospital, Bhavnagar

Activities in Pharmacovigilance

• Installation of ADR boxes in different wards / places at hospital.
• ADR boxes are placed at following places.

    (1).  ADR Boxes at New OPD Building

    (2).  ADR boxes at old heritage building

               (3). ADR Boxes at other places

• Sensitization program was carried out for the faculties of  Govt. Medical College & Sir T. General Hospital, Bhavnagar including head of the all the departments, associate professors, assistant professors and resident doctors by Dr Ripal Gharia, resident doctor and tutor of Pharmacology.
• Special lectures and practical on pharmacovigilance are taken for under graduate students.
• At least one ADR reporting by each student every month, during their clinical posting.
• Reporting of at least five ADRs by undergraduate students as a part of their curriculum in pharmacology practical.
• Presented a poster on establishment of Pharmacovigilance cell “Establishment of a Pharmacovigilance Centre at a Tertiary Care Hospital” at, 27th Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society (Gujarat Chapter), 1st February,  2009, R.K. College of Pharmacy, Rajkot.

• Projects undertaken related to pharmacovigilance
• Adverse event profile of Osteltamivir in Tertiary care hospital in Gujarat.
• Retrospective Study of Drug Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis: Multicentric Study of Three Tertiary Care Hospitals of Gujarat, India.
• Multicentric KAP study on pharmacoigilance in undergraduate students.

Constitution of  Pharmacovigilance cell

• Head of Pharmacovigilance cell – Dr. C.B. Tripathi
• The Cell will function under three units- Unit A, B and C.
• The departments under each unit will be rotated after 2 months.
• Each unit is expected to get at least 15 ADE’s in a month.
• The structure of units will be as follows :-

Unit A

• Supervisor for Unit A              : Dr. Mukesh Vora.
• Residents in Unit A                 : Dr. Vishal vadgama

                                                          : Dr. Vishal Ghori
                                                          : Dr. Divyesh Mandaviya

• Departments under unit A       : Medicine

                                                          : Orthopedics
                                                          : Otorhinolaryngology
                                                          : Opthalmolgy
Unit B

• Supervisor for Unit B              : Dr. Nutanbala Goswami.
• Residents in Unit B                 : Dr. Parvati Patel

                                                         : Dr. Yogesh Patel
                                                         : Dr. Manish Barvaliya

• Departments under unit B       : Tuberculosis and Chest diseases

                                                         : Obstetrics and Gynaecology
                                                         : Surgery
Unit C

• Supervisor for Unit C              : Dr. Narendra Paliwal.
• Residents in Unit C                 : Dr. Tejas Patel

                                                         : Dr. Jayesh Sanmukhani
                                                         : Dr. Ashish Anovadia

• Departments under unit C       : Psychiatry

                                                         : Paediatrics
                                                         : Skin and Venereal diseases