Why can't v use a substitute of that medicine & save a life?: Sonu Sood
When India is fighting the deadly Covid virus, the shortage of particular injections and medicines is making the battle tough. Not only normal people, but celebrities are also facing a shortage of vitals.
Raising the same point, the Superman of India Sonu Sood took to Twitter and questioned why doctors recommend injections that even the hospitals cannot get medicine. If hospitals cannot get the medicines, how come the common man get them, Sonu Sood asked.
In a tweet, Sonu Sood asked why can't we use a substitute for the medicine which is not available so that life can be saved,
"One simple question: When everyone knows a particular injection is not available anywhere, why does every doctor recommends that injection only? When the hospitals cannot get that medicine then how will a common man get? Why can't v use a substitute of that medicine &save a life?" Sonu Sood tweeted.
Netizens supported the actor after he made the tweet and suggested that vital drugs like Remdesvir and others can be substituted with other drugs. Netizens also demanded why the doctors won't prescribe alternate medicines when the vital drugs are shortage in the country now.
However, Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) national secretary Sumit Agarwal opined that prescribing alternatives won't work for all the drugs as some drugs don't have any alternatives.
Citing the example of Liposomal amphotericin B, Sumit Agarwal said some medicines won't have alternatives, and the responsibility of making sure that the medicines are available lies with the system.
"Some medicines do NOT have an alternative. If you're referring to Liposomal amphotericin B, it has no known alternative as of now. They can only prescribe what medical science has created for them. It is the system's responsibility to ensure medicines are available not doctors'," Agarwal tweeted.
Raising the same point, the Superman of India Sonu Sood took to Twitter and questioned why doctors recommend injections that even the hospitals cannot get medicine. If hospitals cannot get the medicines, how come the common man get them, Sonu Sood asked.
In a tweet, Sonu Sood asked why can't we use a substitute for the medicine which is not available so that life can be saved,
"One simple question: When everyone knows a particular injection is not available anywhere, why does every doctor recommends that injection only? When the hospitals cannot get that medicine then how will a common man get? Why can't v use a substitute of that medicine &save a life?" Sonu Sood tweeted.
Netizens supported the actor after he made the tweet and suggested that vital drugs like Remdesvir and others can be substituted with other drugs. Netizens also demanded why the doctors won't prescribe alternate medicines when the vital drugs are shortage in the country now.
However, Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) national secretary Sumit Agarwal opined that prescribing alternatives won't work for all the drugs as some drugs don't have any alternatives.
Citing the example of Liposomal amphotericin B, Sumit Agarwal said some medicines won't have alternatives, and the responsibility of making sure that the medicines are available lies with the system.
"Some medicines do NOT have an alternative. If you're referring to Liposomal amphotericin B, it has no known alternative as of now. They can only prescribe what medical science has created for them. It is the system's responsibility to ensure medicines are available not doctors'," Agarwal tweeted.