Do what’s right

March 12, 2012Posted inHealth33 Comments
After more than a year of chronic drug shortages, the prime minister has asked the health minister for a report on the problem. I'm surprised. Hospitals throughout the country have been facing a serious shortage of drugs for more than a year. The problem has been widely reported and analyzed by the media. The  opposition party questioned the government during the 7th session of the Parliament. And the National Council questioned the government during the 8th session. So I'd have thought that the prime minister would be well aware of the problem. I'd have thought that would have discussed…

Health on drugs

December 26, 2011Posted inHealth12 Comments
The Health Ministry has admitted that they have a problem: they have not been able to maintain an adequate supply of drugs to our hospitals. As a result, patients have had to postpone or even forgo medication. And doctors have been forced to direct their patients to private pharmacies, which, many times, have also been frustratingly out of drugs. Worse still, the Health Ministry has admitted that they still do not know how to resolve the drug shortage issue, a problem that has reached chronic proportions during the past year. So they’ve announced that, as an interim measure, they…