Federal Government Services Hospital previously known as Polyclinic is facing shortage of medicines, forcing the poor patients to purchase all life saving drugs from the local market.
Informed sources told Business Recorder, "Polyclinic is supplied 1,200 different type of medicines as per directions of the government. The price of these medicines ranges between Rs 10 to even Rs 1,000 per bottle/strip. These medicines include Brufen, Flagyl, Ventolin, Amoxil capsule and syrup, Nims tablet, Telefast tablet, Fexet, Tandegyl, Benadryl, Pulmanol, Calpol syrup, Septran, Panadol, Ponstan, Buscopan and Adoxa etc," sources added. "The main reason behind the shortage of these medicines is that most of the pharmaceutical companies are having audit of their accounts for closing in December. This is the reason that these companies stop manufacturing medicines for 25-30 days, which creates shortage of drugs in government hospitals as well. Secondly, sky-rocketing inflation and day by day increase in fees of doctors is forcing people to visit government hospital, which is increasing demand of the medicines and created shortage in Polyclinic," sources said.
Betnesol N drops, Betnesol tablet, Polyfax eye ointment, Thyroxine tablet, Vancocin injection, Cardarone tablet, Inderal tablet, Benadryl syrup, Xanax tablet, Lexotanil tablet, Ativan tablet, Hydryllin DM syrup and Arinac tablet, Actifed (including Actifed DM syrup, Actifed cold, Actifed P tablet), Sancos cough syrup, and Erythrocin (used for throat infection), Adipokinex, Extreme Thermic Blast Caps, Hydroxycut, Liqui-Drenoline, MetaboLift, Thermadrene, Thermogen, Vasopro, Panadol CF/extra, and Actifed-P etc are among the medicines that are already short in local market these days.
Sources told this scribe, "There are some doctors in the capital who have signed contacts with different pharmaceutical companies, which binds them to recommend the medicines manufactured by these companies. Peginterferon, used for the treatment of Hepatitis, is one example of this artificial shortage."