CANACONA:
With all pharmacies in Canacona taluka downing their shutters as part of the strike, several patients found it impossible to procure medicines.
Many people were unaware of the strike till doctors themselves broke the news to their patients.
Patients who were prescribed medicines by private practitioners rushed to the lone pharmacy at Community Health Centre (CHC), only to be told that the CHC does not stock medicines prescribed by private doctors.
However, doctors at CHC prescribed medicines to patients at OPD which were available at the hospital’s pharmacy, sources informed The Goan.
In some cases, doctors handed over medicine samples to their patients as a temporary solution and advised them to make purchases on Wednesday.
In one case, the mother of a 4-year-old girl was desperately searching for medicines to cure her daughter who had been vomiting and finally managed to get the medicine from the house of a relative. TGN
