Two months back a reward of an immunosuppressive drug named “Opdivo” arrived in Lebanon on behalf of the Ministry of Wellbeing, but … as if it hadn’t arrived. This two month giveaway for cancer people who will need this immunotherapy to endure has expired in two months! As before long as he arrived at the ministry, he disappeared and with it the patient’s hopes of acquiring totally free therapy vanished.
This scandal, which Hani Nassar, head of the Barbara Nassar Affiliation for Most cancers People Assistance, erupted concerning the series of thefts of anticancer drugs, delivers us back to the sequence of scandals that the Ministry of Health and fitness witnessed years back, in which no sentence is been issued in the cases offered.
Two months back the scandal of the drug xtandi arose, which is currently being administered to a prostate most cancers affected individual, and the quantity arrived at the ministry expired right before the sufferers gained it, and these days it is the switch of other anticancer medication, in the light of prevailing chaos, favoritism and “clenched hands”.
What Nassar lifted prompted “The Kataeb” bloc member, MP Salim Al-Sayegh, to demand “an instant investigation, since the make a difference is a explained crime and a flagrant violation of citizens’ most simple legal rights to wellness. “. He puzzled, “How is the free support used and where by is the medication?”
On the other hand, this scandal can be additional to the many sensational scandals that the Ministry of Well being has witnessed for a long time, but the greatest catastrophe is that the grievances submitted in the drug dossier are continue to dormant in the drawers of the Palace of Justice, and we will refute them. some later.
Returning to this gift, Nassar states that “this sum arrived at the ministry was plenty of for two months, which prompted the minister not to request a substantial sum from the agent right after he secured it to the ministry in the variety of a present. The fantastic information is that sufferers with the assure can get it following distributing requests to the Ministry of Health and fitness, but the surprise was that the drug was no more time available ”.
Nassar miracles how the volume that should really be sufficient for two months can be drained in two weeks and, immediately after exploration and exams, it was discovered that these prescription drugs are offered on the black marketplace and the seal of the ministry is printed on the box.
Nassar cites an incident that took position, declaring: “I been given a simply call from a trusted young girl who insures her medicines free of charge of cost from the Ministry of Wellbeing, for the reason that she has mediation, even nevertheless she is not entitled to reward from this services less than the legislation. laughable issue is that the pharmacist in your area is in a position to deliver two medications at a discounted cost, but she would like you to take them for free of charge by way of our association. of the Ministry of Well being, and if they want to invest in it at an unsupported cost, they have to obtain these two medications from Turkey at a price tag of 1500 dollars ”.
So the issue is not only the lack of resources earmarked for the import of anticancer prescription drugs, but the theft explained by some employees of the Ministry of Wellness supported by the functions. Though Nassar stressed that “he will hand above to the pharmacists union a checklist of pharmacies that sell these backed anticancer medicine,” the union of pharmacists, Joe Salloum, confirmed to “Al-Nahar” that “we are waiting for the list to be been given and we will observe up on the make any difference with these involved. We will not acknowledge that people’s agony is exploited and we will consider the vital steps, we will also perform on the observe of drug trafficking “.
Whilst back again with RaiThe Health Authority, “Wellbeing is a appropriate and a dignity”, Dr. Ismail Sukkarieh, in an interview with “An-Nahar” on some will cause and scandals impacting drugs, such as anticancer drugs, and the most crucial of these stations, as Sukkarieh suggests, are:
December 22, 2011: the information of cancer clients and incurable health conditions of the Ministry of Wellness disappeared and had been ruined just before the arrival of the central inspection.
– In July 2007: the scandal of the Taxotere needle administered to cancer breaks out soon after it was discovered that it was a metaphor for drinking water, and that it triggered the death of a diabetic individual, and the lawsuit is however pending at the Palazzo di Justice.
February 26, 2013: The Ministry of Well being dispersed expired medicines.
– On 23/09/2011: medicines for incurable health conditions have been shed and intermediaries have sold them on the black industry.
On 30/12/2016: anti-most cancers medicine truly worth 106 billion Lebanese pounds have been purchased and sold outside the house Lebanon.
On 26/4/2010: smuggling of anticancer drugs from Karantita and sale in two pharmacies cited in the circumstance at the Palace of Justice.
July 1, 1998: A report was issued for a ship loaded with flour stating that it was not suitable for sort acceptance due to the fact it contained a high percentage of ash. But a different report was unveiled on July 8 stating that it is match for intake.
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As a consequence, Sukkarieh confirms that this sample of scandals reveals the extent of what is taking place within and outside the corridors of the ministry, so I am no more time astonished by similar information of this variety, as long as the lawsuits submitted several years in the past are however dormant in the drawers of the ministry. Palace of Justice and no sentence has been issued towards offenders and officers, the medicines will be stolen smuggling and manipulation present in Lebanon without the need of deterrence “.
Confronted with the outcry from clients and scandals that are uncovered from time to time, custodian health minister Firas Al-Abyad confirmed in a preceding job interview that “the issue with anticancer medication lies in funding, as we need a more substantial spending plan. wide to warranty larger portions of medicine “. He stressed that President Mikati promised us “that the total would be elevated from 25 to 30 million bucks”.
He also pressured that “we will get started with the MediTrack software to keep track of cancer medication, and then the medicines that are distributed to pharmacies, which will enable them to keep an eye on the study course of the drug.”
But the bottom line is, people’s ache investing will not prevent and mediation will stay centered on “individuals and folks” to get the medicine, when most clients are deprived of treatment method. Where have all the lawsuits long gone in the Palace of Justice? And what about the lives of folks who are mortgaged by the greed of some retailers, pharmacies and some workers?
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