The Department of Health of Quang Tri province has just sent a document to its affiliated units; private medical examination and treatment facilities; pharmaceutical production and trading establishments on ensuring the supply of disease prevention drugs and the need for drugs during the Lunar New Year - 2024.
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The document requires units under the Department of Health to urgently develop plans and implement drug procurement to ensure adequate supply of drugs, absolutely not allowing shortages or sudden price increases, especially drugs to serve medical examination and treatment needs during the Lunar New Year as well as drugs to treat diseases that often occur in winter and spring such as dengue fever, influenza A, hand, foot and mouth disease, measles, rubella, diarrhea caused by Rota virus, diseases transmitted through the respiratory and digestive tracts.
Pharmaceutical enterprises in the province have adequate reserves and strengthened management measures to prevent sudden price increases during long holidays and when an epidemic breaks out. The health department directs the organization of 24/7 drug sales and widely publicizes information on mass media to promptly meet the drug needs of patients, and to prevent speculation and price increases during Tet.
The leaders of the Department of Health also requested the Department's inspectorate to strengthen inspection and examination of the implementation of professional regulations on pharmaceuticals and regulations on the production, trading and import of drugs for business establishments in the area. Special attention should be paid to the detection of counterfeit drugs, poor quality drugs, drugs not permitted for circulation; acts of hoarding, price increases..., and strict handling of violations.
Nguyen Hoai Nam
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