This pharmacy manager in Mumbai told me that some customers request generics to save money.
I was in India recently doing research for swissinfo.ch. There I met a number of doctors, patients and drug industry experts who were able to give me a sense of how healthcare works in India — particularly when it comes to the affordability and availability of medicine.
The main story is here: Doing business in the developing world’s pharmacy
If you have extra time to kill or would rather listen than read, there’s a 14-minute audio feature: Examining healthcare in India
Another piece focuses on the 20-bed Suradeep Hospital, pictured below: ‘Medicine in India is definitely affordable’
This hospital in Mamallapuram treats a lot of tourists.
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[…] It was thanks to my employer swissinfo.ch that I had the opportunity to visit India, and I’ve finally finished my report for them on healthcare. I’ll take a shortcut here and re-direct you to my other blog, which is primarily journalistic and already contains links to the India report. […]
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