Medical Shops Shutdown Near-total in Telangana

The one-day nationwide bandh called on Wednesday opposing illegal e-pharmacy operations was near-complete in Telangana, a state chemists and druggists association said. 

Except for small percentage of shops in Hyderabad region, almost all 45,000 medical shops in the state remained closed, T Raju, General Secretary of Telangana Chemists and Druggists Association, told Media.

The shops that are open would also be closed during the day, he said. The shut down was called by the All



India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) to oppose illegal e-pharmacy operations and predatory pricing by large corporates.

The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) of Telangana has said in a public advisory that it had held a meeting with AIOCD Telangana Chapter and it was decided to keep pharmacy stores attached to hospitals available to supply medicines. The district chapters of the AIOCD would be in touch with the Drug Inspectors to make any medicines available from local stores in case of emergency.