Unavailability of medication at govt hospital leaves thalassemia patients struggling for survival in Ludhiana
4 years, 8 months ago

Unavailability of medication at govt hospital leaves thalassemia patients struggling for survival in Ludhiana

Hindustan Times  

Government hospitals in Ludhiana have run out of essential drugs required by thalassemia patients amid the Covid-19 crisis, which has increased the financial burden on patients’ families. Struggling because of the unavailability of medicines, many patients have written letters to civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga, urging the official to re-stock the life saving drugs at the government hospital. To top it all these lifesaving drugs are not available at government hospitals.” A 30-year-old patient wrote, “I would like to draw your attention towards the non-availability of medicines such as Desferal, Rocaltrol and Defrijet. I hope that some measure will be taken to provide these medicines as soon as possible.” Dr Bagga said blood transfusion officer at the civil hospital Dr Gurinderdeep Singh Grewa was dealing with the issue.

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