Govt Suspends ‘Aarogya Setu Mitr’ Website Following Legal Petition

Jun. 18, 2020

In its lawsuit filed last month, the association alleged that the website acts as a marketing tool for e-pharmacies rather than facilitating better access to medicines for the general population. It claimed that the ‘Aarogya Setu‘ name should not be misused to sponsor the commercial interests of ‘arbitrarily hand-picked entities’. The petitioners also sought immediate closure of the website.

Aarogya Setu Mitr was an online portal that aggregated all medical services related to COVID-19. It was a standalone website, but could also be accessed via the Aarogya Setu app. It not only listed e-pharmacies that would home-deliver medications, but also offered tele-consultations with doctors. Moreover, it let people get their COVID-19 test samples collected from home. 1mg, NetMeds, PharmEasy and MedLife were some of the e-pharmacies that were part of the platform.

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