Concern over drug dispensation at Siddha clinic
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Traditional medicine wrapped in newspaper and given to patients at the Siddha clinic in Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchi.
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Moorthy.M
They are wrapped in old newspapers
Distribution of Siddha and Ayurvedic drugs wrapped in newspapers at District Headquarters Siddha Hospital, functioning at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital complex here, has raised concern among patients.
There has been increase rise in number of patients seeking treatment under the Indian medicine systems at the District Headquarters Hospital. About 700 to 800 patients come to the hospital for treatment a day. Until a few years ago, the figure was just around 300 a day. Besides seeking remedy for common ailments such as fever, body aches, cold and cough, patients receive medicines for thyroid, sugar, hypertension, skin diseases and other ai