Syrian Medical Syndicate prohibits prescribing foreign medicine to patients
The Syrian Medical Syndicate issued a circular to all doctors to prevent prescribing foreign medicine to patients and abiding by the national medicine only!
Despite the high prices of foreign medicine, however, a large segment of Syrians prefer it over the national and find it effective at many times, and this is confirmed by "Hossam" by saying that the majority of national medicine is ineffective, and that taking a packet of foreign medicine is equivalent to taking a dozen full of national medicine And share the opinion, "Yara," an engineer, saying: I advise you to buy foreign medicine and I personally rely on him if the prices are high, because most of the national medicines, she said (Qdama), which is of no use and little effectiveness.
Pirates of Lebanon
Dr. Asif Al-Shaher, Secretary General of the Syrian Medical Syndicate, explained that the circular issued by the Syndicate aims to encourage the national medicine because there is a culture in the society that foreign medicine is effective and the national industry is ineffective. To allow it to be put on the market only after passing the drug control, and also be evaluated every period again, by taking samples from pharmacies or laboratories directly, and when there is any violation of the specifications, the product is withdrawn and prevented from selling in the markets, in addition to forcing the company The drug maker has to pay huge sums. ”
Al-Shaher added: "The circular came with the aim of warning against foreign medicine because it is not subject to censorship. There are ships anchored near Lebanese shores, and pirates produce medicines with foreign and forged names, and they are smuggled into Syria and sold at fantastic prices."
Red lines..
The Syndicate Secretary pointed out that there are pharmacies in Damascus, which comes to them at night Taxi Beirut, large bags of drugs smuggled, and sell them at a profit of more than 75%, including a pharmacy on the Mezze Highway, and another in Sheikh Saad, where they sell drugs smuggled from Lebanon on They are foreign medicines, and they charge ten times the price of the national medicine.
When asked about censorship of these abuses, Al-Shaher replied: "Censorship cannot reach all pharmacies, because some pharmacies have red lines."
Free..
As for the shortage of medicines for chronic diseases, Asif Al-Shaher said, there may be some shortages because we are under a suffocating siege, but industrial companies provide more than three quarters of the needs of citizens of medicines and provide prices commensurate with the possibility of citizens to buy them, and the shortage imported by the Ministry of Health from friendly countries (Russia and Iran) Despite the economic crisis, the government is treating chronic diseases such as kidney failure and cancer free of charge for all patients.
Source: Hashtag Syria
