Essential
drugs make the difference between Life and Death
Have you ever realised that the leftover medicines
in your house can actually give a new lease of life to those
who die for want of medicines or because they can't afford to
purchase medicines.
Patients do not take the medicines prescribed
for them for a variety of different reasons. Sometimes people
are discharged from hospital with a bag of medicines to take
home just in case they suffer certain symptoms - for example
they may be given some extra strong painkillers in case they
suffer severe pain after an operation.Sometimes a medicine doesnt
suit the patient and they go back to their doctor to get something
different. Sometimes the patient gets better and doesn't need
the medicine after all, and sometimes sadly the patient dies.
These unused medicines are literally life-savers
to people in desperately poor parts of India who would otherwise
be unable to afford them , or even in some cases may be treated
at a health care centre that simply cannot obtain them.
Now you can do something with those medicines.
Help in saving a life. Donate it to Givemedicines.org . It would
go towards helping those who cannot afford to buy the medicines
they need. . You could make that extra effort and organize a
drive in your locality to educate and put together a usable
package of unused medicines. And make that vital difference
between life and death . You can send the unused Medicines to
us or drop it at the address of our volunteers in your city.
If there is no Volunteer in your city join us as a Volunteer.
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