17-10-2014
No decision that will raise drug price: Narendra Modi
Government will not take any decision that will effect a rise in the price of drugs,Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said. Modi gave this assurance to a Keralaministerial delegation headed by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy which shared with him "apprehensions" that the cost ofmedicines required for treatment of diseases like cancer, HIV, TB, malaria and diabetes is likely to shoot up.
"There is an apprehension in the country that the prices of essential medicines will shoot up...When we informed this to the Prime Minister, he assured us that no decision would be taken by his government which will pave way for price rise of drugs. "He has assured us that the Central government will not create a situation for that," Chandy told reporters here.
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