THE shortage of generic medicines in government district hospitals was raised at the state assembly. “How can this happen as these are poor people who cannot afford to buy medicine from pharmacies,” he said yesterday during the debate on the Supply and Development Bill at the Penang state assembly. Soon was interrupted by Datuk Jahara Hamid (BN-Teluk Air Tawar), who said that there was no shortage, but medicine supply had now been limited to one month instead of three months per visit for patients. “I get my supply from the public hospitals and during my recent trip to the hospital, I was told that they did not have my medicine. “We will be launching a special fund collection to repair all the mosques affected by the floods in Penang.

Source: The Star November 10, 2017 01:18 UTC