Vani Medical & General Stores

Vani Medical & General Stores is easy to find if you are in the 104 Area of Visakhapatnam. We are situated at 38-40-11 in Marripalem, right beside the Laxmi Narasimha Theatre and across from the old C.T.W. Gate. Being near a landmark like the theatre helps because people can just say "near Laxmi Narasimha" and everyone knows where they mean. We carry a mix of medicines and general household items. It is a busy spot because of the gate nearby. Sometimes the traffic is loud, but we are used to it. The store isn't very large, so we have to be clever about how we stack the boxes of cough syrups and soaps. My day starts with checking the prescriptions people bring in and making sure the fridge for certain medicines is running fine. We see a lot of the same faces from the Marripalem neighborhood. It feels good to know the people who live around here. We aren't a big chain pharmacy. It’s just a local shop where we try to help out when someone needs a bandage or some basic pills. The general store side has things like shampoos and snacks too. We’ve been at this spot for a while, and the 530018 zip code feels like home to us. The theatre next door brings in a different crowd sometimes, especially when a big movie is playing. We see people stopping by for a bottle of water or some headache medicine after the show.