Health Hoodlums

One wonders how drugs or drug-ingredients with life-threatening side-effects at all come to the market, especially when medical science has made tremendous advancement, at least in developing countries. And when something injurious to health is found in any medicine, some countries ban the concerned medicine, with no further delay, and rightly so. But the problem gets acute in developing countries like India, which cannot readily react positively to the situation. The drug monitoring authorities in India have to be made more vigilant. For that more funds have to be allocated and properly channelised to the pharmaceutical sector. The pharmacy research and development programmes should also provided an added boost, so that India does not require to remain shamelessly under the mercy of the multinational drug producers. The Indian administration should specially prioritise this issue, as people's health is not to be toyed with.