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Maharashtra chemist shops to close for
three-day strike
Friday October 12, 2012 08:49:13 AM,
IANS
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Mumbai:
Over 75,000 retail chemists and pharmacists in Maharashtra have
decided to down shutters for three days from Monday to protest
alleged harassment by government officials, a representative of
the protestors said here Thursday.
During the 72-hour shutdown, the chemists and pharmacists,
including those which operate 24 hours, have threatened not to
sell even "a single medicine tablet" to protest the alleged
harassment by officials of the food and drugs administration (FDA)
department.
According to Retail and Dispensing Chemists Association (RDCA)
president Damji Palan, over 2,100 of their members have been at
the receiving end of the FDA officials since the past three months
when a drive against female foeticide was launched in a big way.
"The FDA have lodged police complaints against at least 35
chemists and another 2,100 have been slapped with show-cause
notices prior to action," Palan said.
In a bid to check the incidence of female foeticide, FDA officials
have also been carrying out regular raids and searches in chemist
shops or pharmacies to check whether they had been selling
abortion pills without prescription.
Some pharmacists and medicos have started advising patients in
Mumbai to replenish their stock of essential medicines to avoid
problems during the shutdown.
It was not clear whether pharmacies run or managed in public and
private hospitals would also join the RDCA strike.
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