NewsWhore
04-30-2008, 02:30 PM
A list of 51 generic pharmaceuticals will be sold at reduced prices starting Thursday. The drugs will be sold through the state's essential drugs program, PROMESE. Included on the new price list are insulin, cardio-vascular medicines, gastro-intestinal products, anti-parasitical treatments, medicine to fight anemia, dermatological medicines, and medicine to fight high blood pressure and seizures. According to El Nuevo Diario, the announcement came on the heels of statements made by eminent neurosurgeon and PRD vice-presidential candidate Dr. Jose Joaquin Puello, who said that the current PLD government had "abandoned the hospitals". Public Health Minister riposted that Puello is head of neurosurgery at the Luis E. Aybar Public Hospital but he has not carried out an operation there in five years.
Elena Fernandez, who heads the PROMESE program, told reporters that just last month medicines worth RD$58 million were sent to the hospitals, and that the basic problem had to do with "warehousing" the drugs.
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Elena Fernandez, who heads the PROMESE program, told reporters that just last month medicines worth RD$58 million were sent to the hospitals, and that the basic problem had to do with "warehousing" the drugs.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)