Introduction

The NPIC was set up in the Department of  Pharmacology in 1995 at AIIMS.  The Centre functions round-the-clock, 365 days in year and provides information on various poisonings and treatment protocols on telephone, Fax, e-mail and in person.  The NPIC has the back-up of latest literature on poisoning due to a variety of products that include household items, agricultural and industrial chemicals, drugs, environmental toxins including plants, animal bites and stings and other miscellaneous products.  The data received by Centre is compiled and analysed for knowing the trend.