Stock of lifesaving drugs for 4/5 days: MCDA
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 13 2023:
Informing that the state will face shortages of lifesaving drugs in 4/5 days as the stocks are depleting rapidly, Manipur Chemists & Druggists' Association (MCDA) has appealed to the government to take up nec-essary steps to bring in trucks carrying medical supplies stranded along Imphal-Di-mapur road.
In a release, MCDA gen-eral secretary Th Dijamani Singh and president Rajku-mar Rakesh Singh informed that the Association has been providing medicines along with essential commodities including edibles for relief camps set up in various parts of the state following the communal conflict that broke out on May 3, adding that, it will further continue assisting those in need.
Urging authorities con-cerned to act immediately to bring those trucks carrying medical supplies, which are stranded due to road block-ade, MCDA cautioned that if additional supply of med-icines do not reach Imphal on time, the state will face shortage of lifesaving drugs.