09 June 2015
The Democratic Alliance is
calling for a briefing on the ongoing shortage of essential medicines in the
public and private healthcare sector.
This as the Department of
Health on Monday confirmed that the country is experiencing a shortage of about
155 product lines, including antibiotics, cardiovascular medicines, and central
nervous system medicines amongst others.
DA’s Dr Heinrich Volmink said
they are very concerned about the medical stock out that are so pervasive
at the moment. This is because the situation has resulted in some essential
medicines not being available to the public.
“While we welcome the
interventions on second by the Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi in
this regard, we would urge him to act decisively so that we can urgently get
medication to those who needs it most.” Volmink added.
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