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BDC&DA urges PM to extend legal tender of Rs.500 & Rs 1000 till Nov 24 to chemists & hospitals in private sector too
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Nandita Vijay, Bengaluru
November 17 , 2016
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The Bangalore District Chemists & Druggists Association (BDC&DA)
has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to modify the notification on
demonetisation to include transactions of Rs.500
and Rs 1000 as legal tender until November 24, 2016 to patients
accessing chemists, hospitals, nursing homes, blood banks and diagnostic
centres in the private sector also.
As per the government
notification vide ‘SO 340 8(E) (a) enforced from November 8, 2016
midnight, this facility is permitted only for government hospitals for
medical treatment and pharmacies in government hospitals for buying
medicines with doctor’s prescription.
This according to the
Association has inconvenienced patients as it prevents them to purchase
medicines from any easily accessible pharmacy outlets and seek medical
attention at any private hospitals using the old currencies.
Lauding
the Prime Minister's move to clean out the black money and ensure that
there is no place for corruption in the country, the Bangalore District
Chemists & Druggists said that they were in total support of this
efforts.
However, there is a dire need to bring in private
chemists and medical centres under the ambit of this notification. “We
request you to modify the notification considering the urgency and
hardships suffered by the general public when they are sick and for
those patients suffering from serious and chronic illnesses like
cardiovascular disorders, hypertension, diabetes, epilepsy requiring
admission to any private medical centre and purchase drugs from pharmacy
outlets close to these facilities. There are also emergency
requirements of blood platelets for maternity and neo-natal care. In
addition, there is a huge patient pool depending on long-term usage of
medication for cancer, renal disorders among others who constantly
access any pharmacy outlet”, said V Hari Krishnan, president,
BDC&DA.
Making an appeal to the Prime Minister, the
BDC&DA president said that there was an urgent need to revise Para 2
of the notification issued on November 8, 2016 enabling only government
hospitals for medical treatment and purchase of drugs from government
pharmacy outlets with doctor’s prescription.
In the wake of a
demand for life saving emergency interventions, the procurement of
medicines cannot be fulfilled by the government hospitals and government
pharmacies alone for the purchase of drugs. This leads to hardships for
patients and even result fatality in some cases if access to these
consumables are not made possible, Krishnan said.
“We now seek immediate legal tender of the denomination series of Rs.500 and Rs.1000
which existed before November 9, to be extended until November 24, 2016
to the private chemists, hospitals, diagnostic centres and blood banks.
This would be a boon to the suffering patients,” stated Krishnan.
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