Sri Lanka’s drug shortage to be resolved in two weeks?

 

In the midst of Sri Lanka’s medicinal shortage, it has been revealed that the Medical Supplies Division (MSD) of the Health Ministry is currently short of a staggering total of 151 drugs.

Speaking at a press conference this afternoon (06 Dec), Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Health Dr.R.M.S.K Ratnayake noted that although the MSD is facing such an acute shortage, the hospital system is currently short of only 22 drugs of the 683 that have been deemed essential, owing to the excessive use of these drugs in hospitals.