Markss Healthcare sponsors AGM of Association of Community Pharmacists

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The Annual General Meeting of the Association of Community Pharmacists held recently at the auditorium of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children with the participation of pharmacists around the country.

Markss Healthcare sponsored the event and Medical Director of Markss Healthcare Dr. S. Mahakalanda conducted a lecture on the latest drugs which have been introduced to the market. During the lecture Dr. Mahakalanda also highlighted about the latest medical apparatus, how to issue drugs to patients and issues faced by the pharmacists as well.

Ajith Jayathilaka, Director of Markss Healthcare, speaking about this worthy course said: “Operating on a corporative object of building a healthier and productive nation by providing best medicine to its citizens, we always lend our hand to the medical society to uplift the quality standards of its stakeholders. Our corporate social responsibility programs spread in a vast area including, conducting medical camps to uplift the health status of less privilege people, sharing knowledge with consultants, doctors and other member of the medical society and sponsorships for various programs and workshops.

“Sponsoring the AGM of Association of Community Pharmacists is another CSR project we carried out as a part of our corporate CSR program. We simply don’t stop by providing the necessary funding but, we make sure to add more value by sharing our knowledge to the participants.

The session conducted by our Medical Director Dr. Mahakalanda was a priceless addition to the AGM which included topics like introduction to the latest drugs in the market, how to issue drugs to patients and discussion about the problems faced by the pharmacists. As an organisation that is committed to build a healthier and a productive nation, our doors are always open for development programs of the medical fraternity. ”

A leading pharmaceutical organisation in the country, Markss Healthcare is the proud distributor of some of the world’s leading medical apparatus, drugs used for cardiology, cancer, dehydration, antibiotic and food supplements.