A prostitute talks to a pimp, unseen, in an abandoned building in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Thursday, June 26, 2008. According to a recent UN AIDS report, the primary way HIV is transmitted in the Caribbean is through paid, unprotected intercourse. There are 170,000 Haitians living with the virus, according to UN AIDS latest figures. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
Other states too should take cue from Punjab govt and ban doctors seeing medical reps during the consultation hours. This is rampant in Tamil Nadu. Docs prescribe all costly medicines advised by the medical reps. I found on several occasions that the medicines prescribed by docs are only available from the shops in the same vicinity, not otherwise. I believe that there must be a strong nexus between the docs -medical cos and medical stores. And we poor patients are at the receiving end.
Good decision.
Punjab govt and ban doctors seeing medical reps during the consultation hours. This is rampant in Tamil Nadu. Docs prescribe all costly medicines advised by the medical reps. I found on several occasions that the medicines prescribed by docs are only available from the shops in the same vicinity, not otherwise. I believe that there must be a strong nexus between the docs -medical cos and medical stores. And we poor patients are at the receiving end.
Other states too should take cue from