THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The pharmacy counter of the Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College (MC), which provides medicines for free, has witnessed a 15 per cent rise in the number of eligible persons availing the service than last year. The state government had earlier sanctioned `34 crore for free medicine distribution.
“The store is even providing costly medicines for free. For example, one can buy the medicine for stroke that costs around `37,000 without paying anything. The store also sells around 34 lakh tablets for cholesterol per year. Other than that, of the list of 630 medicines, a special list of 192 costlier medicines is also being provided from the counter,” said N Sajeev Kumar, store superintendent.
