Salyan Hospitals Face Three-Month Medicine Shortage

Summary

Hospitals and health institutions in Salyan have faced a three-month shortage of free medicines, including those for high blood pressure, diabetes, mental illness, and family planning, forcing chronic patients to buy costly medicines from private stores.

Key Points
  • Hospitals and health institutions in Salyan have been experiencing a three-month shortage of free medicines.
  • Medicines for high blood pressure, diabetes, mental illness, and family planning are in short supply.
  • Chronic patients are forced to purchase medicines from private medical stores at high prices.
  • The provincial government has not yet supplied free medicines causing persistent shortages in the district hospital and local health institutions.
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