Vizag chemists to observe one-day strike on May 20

Visakhapatnam: On the call of the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists, the Visakhapatnam District Drug Trade Association would observe a one-day strike on May 20 in protest against AI-generated fake prescriptions, ghost doctors and facke online consultations, unknown prescriber, illegal sale of controlled and sensitive medicines, lack of prescription verification, repeated use of the same prescription, addition of habit-forming medicines among the youth, antibiotic misuse and AMR threat, threat to the pharmacy profession and other issues.The association president, V Seetarmaiah, and V Ramachandra Rao said all govt and private hospitals, corporate hospitals, nursing homes, pharmacies, doctor-attached pharmacies, Jeevandhara Sanjeevini medical shops, and all generic medical shops will be opened for the benefit of the public and patients.They said that, in case of an emergency, two shops at KGH and the Seethammadhara area will be kept open. They also said that, in case of emergency, NDPS drugs will be arranged through one shop each opposite the hotel Daspalla, Madhurawada, Gopalapatnam, Pendurthy, Gajuwaka, and Bheemili.