Medicine stores to remain shut in D.K, Udupi districts on Sep. 28
Mangaluru: As The All India Organisation of Chemists & Druggists (AIOCD) have called for a nationwide chemists’ strike against online sale of medicine through e-pharmacies, all medicine stores in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts would remain shut on September 28.
Hence, the service will not be available at 625 medical shops in the D.K. district on Friday.
“People cannot get information about the quality and method of using the drug if they buy it online. It is also possible to have side effects on the health of the patient. With the intention to convince the government, the bandh has been called. However, in case of emergency, life-saving drugs will be provided if called on 9844043345,” informed the district president Sridhar Kamat.
“However, medical shops at hospitals and Nursing Home's will remain open on Friday. AIOCD has called the strike to protest against online drug sale, insufficient drugs, opposition to absurd competition, and to demand life security for retailers,” he added.
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3 killed, 15 injured as auto-rickshaw hits multiple vehicles in Thane
Thane (PTI): Three persons were killed and 15 others injured when an auto-rickshaw hit a bus and some other vehicles on a highway in Maharashtra's Thane district on Wednesday morning, police said.
The accident took place at 4.15 am on Mumbai-Agra highway near Khinavli bridge at Ghoteghar village in Shahapur taluka, they said.
The auto-rickshaw driver lost control over the wheels. As a result, the vehicle hit the road-divider, jumped the lane and collided with a private luxury bus, two cars and a tempo coming from the opposite direction, an official from Shahapur police station told PTI.
Three occupants of the bus died on the spot and 15 other persons, including the auto-rickshaw driver, were injured, he said.
The bus was on way from Nashik to Mumbai, the official said.
After being alerted, local police along with the emergency response teams rushed to the spot.
The injured persons were admitted to Shahapur sub-hospital and three of them were reported to be in a serious condition, the official said.
The bodies were sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, the police added.
