If you aren’t one of those endowed with a robust immune system, then the coming days are going to test you on the health front. The decision of wholesale medical stores of stopping purchase of medicines from June 3 has resulted in significant shortage of medicines in the city. As a result of this ongoing stalemate, many diabetics, for instance, are finding it hard to get their medicines on time. Other products that have witnessed a shortfall include Risdon syrup, commonly prescribed to patients suffering from psychological disorders. In some parts of the city even antacids and some vitamin supplements are also in short supply. Medical shop owners have claimed that if the situation will only worsen in the coming days.

Stocking up: People purchasing medicines at a wholesale drugstore in Sadashiv Peth. Pic/Krunal Gosavi