By OLIVER SAMBOKOGOVERNMENT must explain why the country is still experiencing drug shortages in public health institutions despite the Ministry of Finance releasing funds to buy them.On Sunday, the Ministry of Finance said it released K9.3 billion towards the ongoing implementation of the 2022 national budget of which K646.5 million was released towards the countrywide supply of drugs and medical supplies aimed at avoiding interruptions in public hospitals.But Residents Doctors Association of Zambia president Brian Sampa wondered where the money being released by the Ministry of Finance and National Planning for buying medical supplies is going since there are no drugs in public hospitals.He said the Ministry of Health is not being sincere by claiming that hospitals and clinics have been stocked with drugs, when the opposite is the truth.“The shortage in public health institutions is real as patients are still being asked to buy essential medicines from private dealers and so we wonder where […]
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