The Ministry of Health has recently obtained approvals from regulatory authorities for the supply of various medicines, to enhance the treatment of cancer diseases at the Hussein Makki Al-Juma’a Center for Specialized Surgery.
The cost of these approved cancer drugs is approximately 3 million dinars. Additionally, the Ministry has acquired medicines for the treatment of other diseases in government hospitals at a cost of 924 thousand dinars, reports Al-reports Al-Qabas daily quoting health sources.
The approvals by regulatory authorities also encompassed medicines, solutions, and supplies for dialysis centers, with a total cost of 1.4 million dinars.
Furthermore, the Ministry has secured medicines and solutions for mental illness, worth about one million dinars. Medicines for patients with acquired immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the Communicable Diseases Hospital, Jahra 2, have been procured at a cost of 896,000 dinars, along with drugs for treating rheumatoid arthritis in public hospitals, costing 910,000 dinars.
The Ministry emphasized its commitment to supplying medicines to treat a genetic bone disease at the Jahra Hospital, with an allocated budget of 782,000 dinars.
It assured that it will spare no effort in providing all necessary medicines to patients and visitors at health facilities, ensuring that any obstacles hindering patients’ access to proper diagnosis and treatment are minimized within a short timeframe.
Regarding a recent incident reported on social media, where a patient with cancer allegedly faced issues obtaining medicine at Ibn Sina Hospital, the Ministry clarified that the patient’s prescribed cancer treatment was indeed dispensed in accordance with the established protocols governing the dispensing of medicines.
However, there was another drug, not related to cancer treatment, requested orally by the patient’s sister, which was not included in the prescription and was withheld.
The head of the medical staff at Ibn Sina Hospital had a discussion with the patient and his sister, explaining that cancer drugs are not dispensed at that specific hospital, and underlining the importance of adhering to the prescribed procedures for dispensing medicines.
