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Thursday, February 09, 2006ISLAMABAD - Joining in a countrywide condemnation, Pakistani medical practitioners have decided to boycott medicines from firms based in European countries where derogatory cartoons featuring the Prophet Mohammed were published and reprinted. "We have asked doctors not to prescribe medicines of the multinational companies with headquarters in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, France and Norway till their governments apologize," Dr. Shahid Rao, an official of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), told Deutsche Presse-Agentur on Monday. Rao, General Secretary of the body for the central Punjab province, said the decision has been made at the regional level while a nationwide boycott will be decided at a meeting scheduled for February 7. "The body has also asked the chemists and druggists to remove medicines of these countries from their medical stores," he added. I'm suspecting there aren't all that many Middle East-based pharmaceutical companies for them to turn to. That just leaves magic,herbs, and prayer. But the Pakistani version of the AMA says they aren't boycotting: The main body representing Pakistani doctors denied on Tuesday that it ordered a nationwide boycott of European medicines in protest of the publication of cartoons depicting the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) President Omar Ayub said a boycott of European medicines had only been announced in the central city of Multan by the local branch of the association on Monday. “We believe that the publication of blasphemous cartoons of the Prophet is an individual act and foreign pharmaceutical companies have nothing to with it,” Ayub said. Well, thank God some little sense still reigns. Meanwhile, the rest of us can buy Danish. The Medpundit kids will be getting Bionicle updates. posted by Sydney on 2/09/2006 10:07:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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