On the morning of May 27, the Ministry of Health said that it is expected to establish 5-3 centers for storing rare drugs across the country. The number of drug lists in reserve ranges from 6-15 types and botulinum is one of them.
On the morning of May 27, Mr. Le Viet Dung, Deputy Director of the Drug Administration of Vietnam, the Ministry of Health, said about the plan to set up a stockpile of rare drugs in the near future, after consecutively recording many cases of botulinum poisoning. in HCMC in the last 5 weeks.
Mr. Dung said that the Ministry of Health is urgently implementing the formation of centers to reserve rare drugs and drugs with limited supply.
"It is expected to form 3-6 centers across the country", Mr. Dung said, adding that the number of drugs in reserve is about 15-20 types and botulinum is one of the drugs in this list.
Antidote to botulinum toxin in WHO's May 24 aid round. Photo: Minh Hoang
The Drug Administration of Vietnam is also meeting with the World Health Organization (WHO) to study the WHO's storage mechanism, how to make a connection between the storage of rare drugs and drugs with little supply in Vietnam as well as those with limited supply. countries around the region, as well as WHO repositories.
At present, the legal basis for rare drugs is basically complete. Therefore, the Drug Administration of Vietnam has issued a written request to medical examination and treatment facilities across the country to proactively build demand, forecast the epidemic situation, estimate the necessary quantity and procure drugs to ensure meeting the needs of the patients. meet the treatment needs, especially with rare drugs.
The Deputy Director of the Drug Administration also said that right after receiving the report from the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City on May 21 and Cho Ray Hospital on May 5, the Ministry of Health immediately contacted the domestic and foreign drug suppliers and WHO to have a cure as soon as possible.
The minimum time to ship drugs to Vietnam since placing an order for foreign manufacturers is 14 days. Therefore, according to Mr. Dung, in order to speed up the process of receiving drugs, the Ministry of Health has actively contacted WHO to ask for assistance in searching from regional and global drug stockpiles to be able to meet the treatment needs. domestic treatment at the earliest.
WHO announced that there are currently 6 ampoules left in the global warehouse in Switzerland and immediately sent a specialist to deliver the drug to Vietnam within the same day. On May 1, the drug was transferred to Vietnam and the Ministry of Health transferred it to medical facilities.
However, unfortunately, before using these 6 bottles of medicine, a 45-year-old patient died at Gia Dinh People's Hospital on the evening of May 25, the other two cases were living on ventilators. complete paralysis, due to the golden period of drug use.
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