Demonetisation Fallout: Sex Clinics In India Have No #Sanskari Clients To Swipe.

Demonetisations has affected all aspects of life. For some, even sex. While people have altered their style of money, those who were hoping to get some good sex have been left in limbo, that too purely because of financial reason. No, the government has not put any curbs on the private activities of the people, however, the hidden impact of PM Modi's anti-curroption move is on almost everything. ?

The demonetisation of currency notes has hit sex doctors hard?– the quacks who claim to cure sexual problems – across the city.

Their thriving business has come to 30-40 per cent because of the cash crunch their patients are facing since the government withdraw the legal tender of the higher currency notes from the midnight of November 8.

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Only a few of them have valid medical degrees. Most of the aren't even registered to run their own clinics. Only those who are registered are accepting debit and credit cards and other remittances. But majority of them are on the verge of shutting down as footfalls of their patients have drastically fallen down.

“We have witnessed a sharp decline in the number of patients. Most of our patients come from rural areas where banks and ATMS are not in good number. Whatever amount they withdraw, they prefer to spend it on daily necessities. Those who come from urban background and familiar with cashless money, they offer card payments but we do not accept it,” a man – who refused to be named and was entertaining patients, at Bharat Clinic near Nangaloi Metro Station told Indiatimes.

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Asked about the mode of payment, he replied, “We are only accepting cash and that too in lower denominations like Rs 10, Rs 50 and Rs 100.”?

Asked if they what if this correspondent – who impersonated a patient – give them higher currency notes, he replied, “We are preferring bank notes of lower denominations. But if you have new notes of Rs 500, it will work. But if the total costs – consultation fess and medicine cost – cross Rs 1,500, then only we will take a new Rs 2000 note.”

Other such practitioners also echoed him admitting that their practices have been badly impacted by the sudden decision of the government. “Bhai mat pucho, pura dhanda manda para hai...public ke paas paise hi nahin hai, ilaj kahan se karayegi (Don’t ask, the entire business has come to a standstill...people do not have money, how will they get themselves treated?),” said another person – who identified himself at Dr Ashok Kumar – at Akash Dawakhana at Azadpur in northwest Delhi.

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He said most of his patients are from remote districts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and they have stopped coming even to take the “medicines they take regularly” because of shortage of cash.

Asked how many patients – on an average – come to his clinic daily, he said, “Earlier, it was around six-seven. But now this number has gone down to one or two. Sometimes, no patient visits for consecutive 4-5 days.”

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So, how he is managing the daily expenses of the clinic, which is well furnished, he said that they are somehow doing it but won’t go like this for a longer period if the same situation continues.

“Apart from rent and other expenses, we need to spend a good amount of money on advertisements. People contact us after reading these advertisements in newspapers. Sometimes, we have to pay to people who refer people to us,” he revealed.

Only Sablok Clinic at Daryaganj told Indiatimes that they accept debit and credit cards apart from cash, and therefore, they have witnessed a marginal fall in number of patients.

“We accept all debit and credit cards and other mode of patients. Therefore, we have witnessed a marginal decline in the number of footfalls of patients,” he added.

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Sexual problems are considered as social stigma and therefore sexology is an important discipline in India. The situation here is such that 10 per cent males (3-5 crore) in the reproductive age group have sexual problems. Yet there is little awareness among them about their own problems. And because of this lack of awareness, the quacks make them believe that normal physiological functions need to be cured. They not only mislead patients but also take advantage of their hesitation and gullibility.