To establish Pharmacies/Counters in the hospitals to provide free medicines to the poor and needy patients. MediBanks at hospitals is the core scheme aimed at providing free medicines to non-affording poor patients appearing in the OPDs of the hospitals. The Pharma will be approached to donate medicines OR share partial cost with MediBank in Psychiatric and Cancer drugs.

• In every District there shall be a MediBank Pharmacy in a top level hospital.
• Hospitals voluntarily provide free space along with facilities according to MOU.
• The stock drugs is placed in the MediBank Pharmacy.
• Certain number of RFID cards of MediBank are issued daily to Medical Officers in OPD.
• The patient after diagnosis is prescribed MediBank drugs and is asked to present the card along with prescribing slip to MediBank.
• On presentation, electronic thumb impression and a photograph the patient is taken and requisite drug is issued.
• Next day, the same is repeated.
• It is expected that through community donations, medicine donations will increase the number of patients.
• The MediBank works under the general administrative control of the hospital administration and divisional/district community MediBank.