Chennai, May 20 -- As a part of the one-day nationwide strike called by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD), about 40,000 medical shops downed their shutters in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
The association has given the strike call to oppose illegal online sale of medicines and predatory pricing by large corporate companies, etc.
With a view to ensure normalcy and that public were not put to any hardship, besides ensuring availability of life-saving drugs, the chain of pharmacies affiliated to government and private hospitals, as well as state-owned retail outlets such as Chief Minister's Pharmacies, Tamil Nadu Cooperative Society Pharmacies, and the Prime Minister's Jan Aushadhi Kendras, did not participate in the st...