Tran Minh Ca, vice chairman of Quang Nam People’s Committee, said medical centers could purchase up to VND100 million (US$6,000) of supplies from other sources if the drugs weren’t out of date.
Pham Ngoc Chuong, director of Quang Nam General Hospital, said the shortage even forced the hospital to borrow drugs from outside.
Meanwhile another general hospital in the province’s northern area may have to stop all operations in the next two days because of the shortage, the hospital director Nguyen Van Tan said.
The provincial department of health said a price drop in the last month has almost frozen all medical supplies.
Six out of the province’s 14 suppliers are asking for permission to increase prices.
Reported by Ho Trong |
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