PRAYAGRAJ, May 30 -- For over five years, the daily turnout of 20 to 30 patients at a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Prayagraj has been depending solely on a lone pharmacist-an unusual case highlighting administrative apathy.

The pharmacist, posted at the PHC in Lalgopalganj area under Kaudihar development block of Soraon tehsil, has been unofficially doubling as a doctor, prescribing and dispensing medicines as per what he considers the best line of treatment.

As per reports, the medical officer in-charge (MOIC) of the PHC, Dr Amit Kumar, was attached to the District Hospital in Gautambuddha Nagar during the Covid pandemic in August 2020.

Since then, the MOIC has not returned to his original posting as the superintendent of the distri...