Ludhiana: The patient held a protest against the government after they did not get anti-drug drugs in an opioid-assisted treatment center of patients out (ooat) in Jagraon and Khanna on Monday.
The central employees affiliated with de-addiction centers are strike on the day supporting their demands.
In Jagraon, a large number of patients reached the center of oo to get their medicines.
But his employees, who were on strike, turned them back.
Nimble, the patient protested and blocked the Raikot Road.
Local residents said, “During protests, there was a long queue of vehicles on both sides of the road.
In the midst of chaos, the argument broke out between the passengers and protesters.” Then, the police reached the place and calmed him down.
One of the protesters said, “Because we do not get drugs, our condition has begun to deteriorate.
If Ooat clinic employees are on strike, the department is concerned should make some other settings.” There was a protest in Khanna too, where the patient caused a slogan against the state government.
One patient said, “I started taking medicine about 25 years ago.
I gave them four years ago and since then took medicines from the center of Ooat.
On Monday, when I arrived in the middle, I didn’t get medicine- Determine despite waiting a long time.
The central employee told us that they broke down.
I have never faced such a problem.
“