By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Dec 29, 2022Health Minister Keheliya Rambulwella yesterday (28) said his Ministry was struggling to procure 153 medicines currently in short supply or out of stock in government hospitals despite the availability of a New Delhi credit line to buy the required medicines and surgical items from India. Addressing the media at the Health Ministry auditorium, Rambukwella said that of the 384 medicines, 153 medicines were in short supply. However,…
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report in TOLOnews, Nov 15, 2022 at 4:35 PMLocal officials in the province of Uruzgan said that families in the province are using opium as medication to treat their children. Health officials in the province acknowledged that some families bring opium-addicted patients to healthcare centers. Children have reportedly died as a result of using opium as medicine, according to authorities. “If patients are brought here immediately, we can still assist them, but if it gets…