Many Tamil Nadu Government hospitals at the moment are going through a difficulty – the acute scarcity of medicines and medicines thereby affecting the providers of the hospital.
The authorities medical school hospitals at the moment are functioning by making native purchases utilizing Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS).
Sources within the state well being division informed IANS that the Tamil Nadu Medical Service Corporation (TNMSC) not getting enough medicines, particularly antibiotics. This challenge was raised to the Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian in a current assembly the minister had with the hospital deans.
Medicinal and Drug Issues to be Addressed
The TNMSC, which is the nodal company for the procurement of medicine, supplies a no objection certificates for hospitals to make native purchases. Doctors informed IANS that the medicines in scarcity are principally important medicine like antibiotics.
‘Drugs that are mostly in shortage are Ciprofloxacin, Furosemide, Omeprazole, Clopidogrel and Cefotaxime. Antibiotics and IV fluids are also in short supply.’
Doctors mentioned that the medicine which can be principally in scarcity are, Ciprofloxacin, Furosemide, Omeprazole, Clopidogrel and Cefotaxime. Antibiotics and IV fluids are additionally briefly provide within the hospitals in Tamil Nadu and that is creating main difficulties within the functioning of the hospitals together with medical school hospitals.
Injections together with Paracetamol, Diclofenac, Cefotaxime, Ceftriaxone and IV infusion fluids are in acute scarcity within the state.
A health care provider in Madurai Government Medical College Hospital whereas talking to IANS mentioned, “Generally issues in drug supply come up in February but is solved by March end at the most but now it is already August and still we are running short of medicines creating very difficult situations in the functioning of the hospitals in the government sector.”
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He additionally mentioned that there’s a fixed deficit of 1 drug or the opposite and an enormous scarcity of antibiotics. The physician additionally mentioned that the scarcity is generally as a result of variable costs of medicines after COVID-19 and this has led to the delay within the floating of tenders.
P. Saminathan, president of Service Doctors and Post-Graduate Doctors Association whereas informed IANS: “Post COVID-19, the number of people taking treatment from government hospitals has increased, resulting in increased drug consumption. However, the government has not increased the drug allotment proportionately.”
Source: IANS
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