Body threatens stir over ART shortage
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 22 2023:
Expressing serious concern over ARV medicines running out of stock, Kanglei People Against Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (KANGLEI PANAS) has urged the authority concerned to ensure availability of same to the needy patients failing which it will launch intense form of agitations along with the ART clients.
In a release, KANGLEI PANAS secretary (publicity) MM Ali Wang said that the ART patients frequent encounter shortage of ARV drugs and their protest against unavailability of the medicines at ART centres should be acknowledged as battle for life and death.
Therefore, considering the problems faced by these patients, the health department should provide the medicines to the ART patients at the earliest to avoid facing undesired situation.