Pakistan became ‘heartless’! Profiteers selling essential injections for heart patients for Rs 3,000

Pakistan Medicines Shortage: Amidst the economic crisis in Pakistan, there has also been a shortage of essential medicines. There, injections used to thin the blood in heart patients are not available in government and private hospitals. In such a situation, ‘heart patients’ are suffering.

Pakistani media ‘Daily Duniya’ has said in a report that patients in Pakistan are facing difficulties in the treatment of heart disease, as there is a shortage of Heparin Injection for treatment. Apart from this, Pakistan is also facing shortage of many essential medicines like anesthetics, insulin, panadol, brufen, disprin.

injections sold in black
The report of ‘Daily Duniya’ states that the cost of the injection is Rs 600, but it is being sold in the black market for Rs 3000. Poor patients are facing a lot of trouble due to this. At the same time, hospitals say that the news of lack of injections is fake.

On the contrary, the people seen suffering in the hospitals were visible enough to refute the claims of the hospital management. According to the reports in the Pakistani media, the ongoing economic crisis in the country has badly affected the healthcare system. Patients here are forced to struggle for essential medicines.

Crowd of patients in hospitals, shortage of medicines
The report states that Pakistan does not have the ability to import essential drugs or active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) used in domestic production due to the shortage of foreign exchange reserves that occurred in February. Due to this, there is a shortage of essential medicines including anesthetics, insulin, panadol, ibuprofen, disprin, calpol, tegral, nimesulide and rivotril in the country. Local drug manufacturers have been forced to reduce their production. On the other hand, there are a large number of patients in hospitals.

Medicines not being imported from abroad
It has been said in the report that due to lack of medicines and medical equipment, doctors are not able to perform surgery. Pakistan used to import medicines from countries like India and China to overcome the shortage of medicines. Now it is not even in a position to do business with foreign countries, because its foreign exchange reserves have remained nominal.

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