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Steps taken to get 130 types of essential drugs currently in short supply

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Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said steps will be taken to get around 130 types of medicines that are currently in short supply.

He also said it is expected to get those medicines which would be sufficient for three months.

"There is a shortage of the most essential 14 life saving drugs that we have identified. If those drugs are in short supply, people would lose their lives. "We have discussed this with the medical experts and decided to import them," he said.

There is an existing stock of the said life saving drugs, which is sufficient for two or three months, but not for a year. That is the truth. he said.

Some 384 types drugs have been mentioned as essential. However, 130 essential drugs are in short supply. The shortage is in the stores, but you can find those medicines in hospitals.

However, the health ministry is in the process of importing the the stocks of essential  medicines which are in short supply within the next two or three weeks, which will be sufficient for another maximum of four months, he said.

The minister added that if the necessary steps had been taken two years ago, there wouldn't have been shortage of medicines in the country. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)


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  • Patient Saturday, 19 November 2022 02:57 PM

    Just keep talking, don't see the urgency and get them down immediately.

    Sunil Saturday, 19 November 2022 02:59 PM

    I believe that this news item is only partly true and there is an acute shortage of essential drugs in most hospitals. Vital tests cannot be conducted due to lack of chemicals.

    Aquarius Monday, 21 November 2022 02:42 PM

    This minister's various portfolios over the years shows the ineffectiveness of our recycled politicians. They are just round pegs slotted into square holes


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