Cops force chemists to open shops

Opposing the new Schedule HX -- which requires chemists and doctors to retain patient prescriptions for certain drugs introduced by the Central government in the Drug and Cosmetics Act -- most medical stores in Delhi kept their shutters down today morning but opened up as the day progressed.

Opposing the new Schedule HX -- which requires chemists and doctors to retain patient prescriptions for certain drugs introduced by the Central government in the Drug and Cosmetics Act -- most medical stores in Delhi kept their shutters down on Monday morning but opened up as the day progressed.

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However, many chemists in the vicinity of Aiims and Safdarjung Hospital were forced to open shops around noon through police intervention, after angry patients blocked traffic movement on Aurobindo Marg.