MLA Dahiya raises issue of expensive medicines in Vidhan Sabha
Rate list of pharma and generic drugs must be displayed at every medical store - MLA Dahiya
Ferozepur, March 10, 2023: The important issue of making cheap medicines available to the common people of the state and making them aware about the forms and generic medicines was raised by MLA Ferozepur Rural Advocate Rajnish Dahiya in the Vidhan Sabha so that the people can be saved from the looting of drug companies.
Rajneesh Dahiya said that it is mandatory for every drug seller to put up the price list of pharma and generic drugs in his shop so that the person who goes to buy the drug can know the difference and price of the drug at his convenience. Apart from this, the medicine seller should keep a register of the record of the medicine sold, which includes the record of the pharma and generic medicine sold.
He said that the Punjab Vidhan Sabha unanimously passed a non-governmental resolution to fix the prices of medicines and this passed resolution will be forwarded to the Central Government for approval.
Dahiya said that the time for renewing the chemist's license should be reduced from five years to one year, apart from this, when a drug seller comes to renew his license, he should have the records of the pharma and generic medicine sold. If he does not sell a certain quantity of generic medicine, his license should not be renewed.