Summary:
The TNCDA members said that pharmacies would be shut for 24 hours starting from 12 am on September 28. TNCDA members said that this would totally affect the livelihood of all the pharmacists in the state. Out of this, apart from the 5000 pharmacies attached to hospitals, the rest would participate in the strike, TNCDA members said.Druggists and chemists claimed that the central government has indirectly been promoting E-pharmacies and online sale of medicines. They asked the public to purchase medicines in advance, prior to the strike. They said that apart from this, the other main reason for them to oppose E-pharmacies was due to the possibility of drug abuse..