Reader’s Mail - Hyderabad
The Hindu
Come to our rescueFear and news of COVID-19 has crippled our freedom of movement and social relationships with social distancing becoming the order of the day. So-called life-saving drugs like Remdesi
Fear and news of COVID-19 has crippled our freedom of movement and social relationships with social distancing becoming the order of the day. So-called life-saving drugs like Remdesivir, Tocilizumab etc are being prescribed by doctors and families of patients are made to procure those themselves. They have to run around to find the drug or end up losing their loved one if they can’t lay their hands on it. There is a huge shortage of medicines and some are being sold by black marketeers at exorbitant prices which a normal person cannot afford. Why can’t the State government rise to the occasion and open their own outlets to dispense the medicines on doctor’s prescription so that many lives can be saved? Imposing night curfews or lockdowns will not solve the problem; instead it adds more to agony. Request the authorities to shoulder the pain and agony of the patient, and do the needful. WarsigudaThe election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.