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Pharmacies close shop for the day
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 14 2015:
In support to the Nation-wide stir of All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD), pharmacies located at Imphal area remained shut from 6 am to 6 pm today giving serious inconveniences to many patients including those who need urgent medical attention and operation.
It may be mentioned that Manipur Chemists and Druggists Association (MCDA) had earlier announced its support to the AIOCD's stir staged against Central Government's decision to regulate sale of drugs/medicines online.
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A statement of AIOCD had claimed that regulating sale of medicines on internet by amending Drugs and Cosmetics Act would pose a serious threat to public health.
During the stir, most of the chemist shops and whole salers located at Imphal market, near RIMS and JNIMS hospitals and other localities remained shut.
As such, many patients including those who needed urgent medical attention faced serious inconveniences due to the shutdown.
It may be mentioned that AIOCD has been demanding crackdown on selling drugs online.
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