Kumar Medical Store

This medical store is situated in N L C Colony, which is part of the Babupurva area in Kanpur. I have been running this place for several years now. It’s not a very big shop, but we try to keep a good stock of all the common medicines that the families living around here might need. Being in a residential colony like this, you get to know everyone. People come in when they have a fever or need something for their blood pressure. I try my best to help them find what they are looking for. Kanpur gets very hot in the summer, so I usually have the fan going full speed while I look through the cabinets for a specific strip of pills. I do all the inventory myself, writing down what we are low on in a small notebook I keep by the register. It’s a lot of responsibility to make sure the dates on everything are correct. Sometimes it gets a bit lonely during the afternoon when it’s quiet, but then the evening rush starts when people are coming home from work. We don't have a big staff, usually just me or a helper boy. We are not some big chain pharmacy with bright green signs. We are just a local chemist shop in Babupurva. I like being here because I feel like I am doing something useful for my neighbors in the colony.