The government of the province of Santiago de Cuba aims to solve the shortages in pharmacies of the territory, giving priority to the development of natural remedies, official sources reported.
A report broadcast by the channel Big Turquino defended the manufacture of medicines of natural origin as a “less invasive solution to treat ailments”, without mentioning the reasons for the drug shortage, which forces affected people to increasingly resort to these remedies.
According to the official television station, in the province of Santiago de Cuba there are four production centers in charge of producing a “large assortment” and to supply the 40 pharmacies with dispensaries that exist in the eastern territory, and this is presented as an effort by the government to manage the shortage situation.
Likewise, the report showed as a great achievement the “chaining achieved with entities such as Farmacias y Opticas, Labiofam and Apicuba.”
However, the background of this news is that at the beginning of the month, the Cuban regime increased prices for natural and traditional medicine products, justifying the decision by the need to stop subsidizing 700 million pesos destined for the development of this type of remedy.
However, the newspaper report stated that vulnerable people will not be left unprotected. He stressed that there is already a database where there are patients who require total protection.
Finally, according to the official television station, the increase in the prices of non-synthetic medications will “revitalize the presence of natural formulations in the pharmacy network of the eastern city and in the rest of the country.” aspiring to resolve years of shortages in these centers.
Last April, the official radio station Radio Artemisa reported that "pharmacies continue to provide services despite the existing lack of medicines."
At the same time, he pointed out that they were marketing remedies made from guava and passionflower. to be able to provide some type of treatment to people.
In addition, he pointed out that the medications are “supplied every 15 days and are distributed on Thursdays, with special attention to patients with a control card.”
From July 2023, A total of 251 medicines manufactured in Cuba are missing, which represents 40% of those in the basic table.
As usual, the regime has blamed the cause of the pharmaceutical industry crisis on the US embargo and the world situation.
Recently, in a meeting with officials from the Health sector, the Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel affirmed that the shortage of medicines and medical supplies on the Island will continue.
"Given the lack of supplies and medicines, the best response we can give to our population in such difficult times is the quality of services, with shortages, we are going to have them, we are going to continue with a lack of medicines," said the president.
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