A state-run pharmaceutical company in Kerala has swum against elementary business wisdom and shut down its sole retail outlet when it found that queues were growing longer for its affordable hand sanitiser.
The Kerala State Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd smelt a rat as the queues were unusually serpentine even for a state that takes pride in its public health and hygiene record.
The cat was out of bottle, so to speak, soon enough: many hand-sanitiser customers were using the ethanol-based product as an alternative to liquor. Several had turned up with soft-drink bottles and they were later seen drinking the toxic cocktail.
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