MOPH assures no shortages of medicines
The Ministry of Public Health has instructed related agencies to stockpile medicines amid flooding as well as regulate their quality and prices while voicing confidence in their adequacy for flood victims.
Public Health Minister Witthaya Buranasiri pointed out that a thorough safety plan had already been formulated for hospital patients to prevent them from being affected by the current flooding catastrophe. In case Bangkok and its vicinities become inundated, he said patients within the areas would be promptly transferred to other hospitals in surrounding provinces.
On this occasion, the Minister insisted that shortages of medicines would not occur during this period as he had already assigned the Food and Drug Administration and the Government Pharmaceutical Organization to maintain sufficient medical stockpiles. The quality and prices of drugs will also be under close monitoring.
According to Mr Witthaya, the Public Health Ministry has dispatched over 200 teams of medical personnel to provide treatment for flood-affected people on a daily basis. Out of over 728,000 patients, the majority has been diagnosed with athlete’s foot.
People who are running out of household medicines are also welcome to ask for more from the mobile medical units, which will continue their duty until the situation is back to normal.
BANGKOK, 24 October 2011 (NNT) – Reporter : Surapan Laotharanarit
News Date : 24 October 2011
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