THE running battle between drug traders all over the country and the government has dealt a severe jolt to continuity of medical treatment of a huge number of patient population in the country. The wholesale market and retail chains enforcing strike on Thursday in consequence of a mobile court action on Saturday speaks of a long drawn out row between the two sides.
We are appalled at the drug traders’ arbitrary and arrogant behaviour holding people to ransom. On the one hand, the troublemakers are selling spurious and even date-expired drugs, and on the other, they are shamelessly calling for strikes.
Instead of apologising to the people for having forced them to go without medicines they are demanding a license to sell spurious drugs. How dare they!
Two points are to be made here: One, the sheer number of drug dealers makes them feel clannish and even in genuine cases where action would have been due, they would have their association rally behind an unjust cause bandying about their trade union rights. This has happened with transport workers, or for that matter even any unorganised body unleashing mob power every now and then. This trend will have to be bucked or else we are in for a disaster.
The second pointer is towards the government agencies’ belated action allowing indulgence to drug rackets dealing in contraband medicines. That regular monitoring is of the essence cannot be lost on them.
We are appalled at the drug traders’ arbitrary and arrogant behaviour holding people to ransom. On the one hand, the troublemakers are selling spurious and even date-expired drugs, and on the other, they are shamelessly calling for strikes.
Instead of apologising to the people for having forced them to go without medicines they are demanding a license to sell spurious drugs. How dare they!
Two points are to be made here: One, the sheer number of drug dealers makes them feel clannish and even in genuine cases where action would have been due, they would have their association rally behind an unjust cause bandying about their trade union rights. This has happened with transport workers, or for that matter even any unorganised body unleashing mob power every now and then. This trend will have to be bucked or else we are in for a disaster.
The second pointer is towards the government agencies’ belated action allowing indulgence to drug rackets dealing in contraband medicines. That regular monitoring is of the essence cannot be lost on them.
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