“It was right to free the medicine [from the control of the Public Health Ministry]. This move will definitely end the situation of inadequate medicine,” the group said in the post. “But what is still confusing is whether hospitals under the Public Health Ministry will be able to buy Covid medicine on their own. It said full liberalisation would end inadequate drug supplies caused by the GPO’s monopoly and troublesome logistics management. He said his family members had got Covid and they had to buy the drug online as doctors would not administer the drug.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 08, 2022 07:40 UTC