Reader’s Mail - Hyderabad

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. Warsiguda