The first chemist's shop in India was opened in 1811, it seems. Then onwards, pharma workers of all types and levels, one would like to say, have been very important in the health care ecosystem of India, and indeed of the entire world.
Undoubtedly, in the health industry hierarchy, the patient should be in the center. Unfortunately, in India, she/he never is! Like most all establishments in India, the health care system in India is top-down as well. The doctor, hence, is at the centre these days, not to forget the specialist!
Next on the rung are the paramedics such as the nurses, the physiotherapists, for instance. Equally important are the chemists. In an India, where, off the counter medicine works a lot, they are almost mini doctors.
The Covid years have shown us that pharma companies too, are central to the human(e) existence. In fact, Indian, in fact, Pune based pharma companies helped literally the whole world to get better soon.
Of course, there have been conspiracy theories galore and horribly ugly narratives of how the big pharma companies and the medical world could be in cahoots. Well, yes, human depravity indeed needs no pits to sink in to! It is indeed very fallen already.
Yet, despite such possible cruelties and crudities, medicine and its younger sibling, the pharma industry in all its forms does deserve our thanks. Long live the pharma industry for a healthy humanity! And, oh, yes, indeed both Hippocrates and Charaka, and their various descendents in very many avatars are part of the entire health eco-system that could make "well-being" as the real huma(e) goal. So long live both these and go thee away, disease in the company of thy twin sister, death!
Pratima@ Health can be wealth for the pharma industry in many ways. Hope it would always follow the healthy and humane path!
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