Prayagraj,
17 May (HS): An important meeting of the
Prayag Chemist Association (Pharma) held at Grand Continental Hotel on Sunday.
The organization's president, Lalu Mittal, called the proposed nationwide
one-day strike on May 20 unjustified. The one-day strike will have no
significant impact on large corporate companies in the online pharmaceutical
market, but will instead result in financial losses for local businesses.
At
a time when large corporate companies were establishing their foothold in the
country.
The
AIOCD did not fight this issue in an organized and united manner. It did not
involve other organizations or take them into confidence. Today, the roots of
these large corporate companies have spread like the roots of a banyan tree and
have established a strong hold.
Lalu
Mittal said that it is not that the Prayag Chemist Association supports online
trading. Our organization has been raising its voice against online trading
from the very beginning. We do not accept online trading from anywhere.
However, a symbolic one-day shutdown will not change the situation. Rather, the
fight against online trading is possible only through long-term and organized
efforts, and a concrete strategy will have to be adopted at the legal and
administrative levels.
Closing
shops will impact business. Employees will be burdened with payments and other
expenses, and patients may face difficulties due to lack of timely access to
essential medicines. This could harm the image of chemists among the public.
General
Secretary Ravi Sharma said that the pharmaceutical business is not just a
business, it is a charitable work related to social service and public welfare.
The medicines provided by us retailers save the lives of millions of sick
patients in emergency situations.
Ganga
Paar President Rajendra Kesarwani said that by closing the drug market, we
cannot play with the health and lives of our patients. Keeping the drug market
open smoothly is very important for public health facilities. Due to the
closure, online sales will be affected. This
will automatically increase and our credibility will decrease among the public,
our image will be tarnished among the patients.
Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi
