Kathmandu, Feb. 27: The third zonal convention of the Bagmati zone branch of the Nepal Pharmaceuticals Association  was inaugurated by chief of the Department of Drug Administration Dr. Asphak Shekh here the other today.

Participants at the convention stressed the need to provide proper training to pharmacists, simplify the process of registration and renewal, make the taxation system transparent and establish a college of pharmacy.

On the occasion Dr. Shekh  urged the pharmacists to bring uniformity in the distribution system and the prices of the medicines.

Central president of the Nepal Pharmaceuticals Association Parasmani Baral complained that companies not registered in Nepal have been selling and distributing medicines  and urged all to give information about the number of Nepalese and foreign companies existing in Nepal.

From the chair,  president of the branch Dil Chand Nanda Baidhya informed that the NPEA was established in 2030 B.S. In Nepal with the objective of maintaining uniformity in the prices of medicines, making them easily available and simplifying the distribution system.

Meanwhile, Okhaldhunga Society Service, Kathmandu organised a blood donation programme at Nepal Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Centre building here the other today. Altogether 49 persons donated blood at the programme held under the convenorship of the society president Dr. Basanta Kumar Shrestha.