Anish purchased medicines from a medical store for his wife who was suffering from fever. Being in hurry,
Anish purchased medicines from a medical store for his wife who was suffering from fever. Being in hurry, he did not take cash memo for the purchase. His wife consumed the medicines and her health deteriorated further. Anish called a doctor immediately who checked medicines and found these of expired date.
(a) Identify and explain consumer responsibilities not discharged by Anish.
(b) Name any NGO working for consumer welfare.
(c) Mentioned the values ignored by medical store and Anish.
1 Answers
(a) Consumer responsibilities not discharged by Anish are:
(i) Consumer should insist on cash memo on buying a product.
(ii) Consumer should check expiry date while purchasing any product.
(b) VOICE: Voluntary Organisation in the Interest of Consumer Education.
(c) Value ignored by Anish: Proper discharge of consumer responsibility-as he did not check expiry date.
Value ignored by the medical store: Concern for people's health-as he did not discard expired medicines.