Most affected
Among the supplies for the treatment of cancer that will expire in a few days, are 251,510 units of Capecitabine tablets of 500 milligrams (mg), used to treat cancer of the breast and digestive system, both colon, rectum, stomach and esophagus, in addition to pancreatic. The cost of these units reaches 160 thousand soles.
Patients with lung and pancreatic cancer will also be affected, since almost 25 thousand units of Erlotinib of 150 mg is within the group of drugs that will expire in a few days. The monetary loss in this group of drugs would amount to more than 116 thousand soles.
The loss of 22,000 100-mg Paclitaxel samples will harm patients battling ovarian, lung, and breast cancer. There are about 350 thousand soles that will be lost when they expire and do not achieve their objective of improving efforts to attend and improve public health, in addition to not fulfilling the purpose for which they were acquired.
Close losses
According to Report No. 024-2021-OCI / 5991-SVC, there are 14 different products, including those for cancer treatment, which will expire on May 31. The stock stored that would be about to be lost amounts to more than 360 thousand units, whose amount exceeds one million soles (S / 1,042,817).
In addition to medicines, it is evident that at the beginning of June the expiration date of 1,803 units of rapid tests for the detection of Covid-19 will be met. These products are valued at more than 37 thousand soles.
On June 30, another group of drugs will expire, such as Ondansetron 8 mg (577,600 units), which is applied to prevent the side effects of cancer treatments, 31,045 units of Cytarabine 500 mg, used for Leukemia, among others. .
According to the Comptroller, there are more than 4 million units of products that will expire in less or 5 months.
Including the products that will expire at the end of May in progress, to these are added others that would be about to be lost until September 30. The total would reach 75 types of products with a stock 4,031,043 units including medical supplies, drugs, among others. Its total value exceeds 5 million soles.
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