Pharmacovigilance Committee

Pharmacovigilance is a key for drug safety monitoring and for developing better health care systems. Complying with the guidelines of the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, The Pharmacovigilance Unit at BGSGIMS was established in 2013 to monitor and analyse sentinel events, formulate an adverse drugs policy to prevent, report and analyse the adverse events that occur through a robust Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) reporting system.

Accorded the status of an ADR Monitoring Cell (AMC) in 2017, the Pharmacovigilance unit is involved in active surveillance of ADRs, causality assessment, student training and conducting pharmacovigilance sensitization programmes for healthcare professionals and general public.

Scope of Work:

Monitor and analyse sentinel events, accidents and formulate an adverse drugs policy to prevent, report and analyse the adverse events within the hospital through a robust ADR reporting system.

To deal with external bodies and individuals for complaints on patient’s management and risk management policies to reduce actual/potential patient risk.

Pharmacovigilance Committee Members

S.N	Name	Designation
1	Dr.M.E. Mohan Dean / Principal	Chairman
2	Dr.Kalpana.L Prof & Head Dept. of Pharmacology	Member Secretary
3	Dr.Lavanya.S.H Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology	Member & Convener
4	Dr.Veena.R.M  Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology	Member
5	Dr.Mithun.S Prof & Head Dept. of General Medicine	Member
6	Dr.Madan Mariappa Prof & Head Dept. of General Surgery	Member
7	Dr.Rekha.N Prof & Head Dept. of  OBG	Member
8	Dr.Raju.K.P Prof & Head Dept. of Orthopaedics	Member
9	Dr.Purnima Samayam Prof & Head Dept. of Paediatrics	Member
10	Dr.Sanjana.A.S Prof & Head Dept. of Dermatology	Member
11	Dr.Ramesh Kumar.P B Prof & Head Dept. of Anesthesia	Member
12	Dr.Keertish.N Prof & Head Dept. of Psychiatry	Member
13	Dr.Nibeditha.A Prof & Head Dept. of Ophthalmology	Member
14	Dr.Likitha.M.S Assistant Professor of Anesthesia	Member
15	Mr.N.Raju Pharmacist	Member