Paediatrician Faces Legal Notice Over ORS Remarks, Doctors Raise Public Health Concerns
A Hyderabad-based paediatrician who had raised concerns over the marketing of oral rehydration products has been served a legal notice by pharmaceutical companies, alleging that her social media statements about their products are misleading and defamatory.
The development has drawn reactions from medical associations, which have expressed concern over the notice and stated that doctors should be able to raise evidence-based public health issues. The matter comes in the backdrop of recent regulatory action restricting the use of the term ORS on product labels unless they meet prescribed standards.
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Paediatrician Faces Legal Notice Over ORS Remarks, Doctors Warn of Threat to Public Health Advocacy
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