පෞද්ගලික රෝහලක අනවසර ඔසුසලෙන් ලක්‍ෂ 40 ක ඖෂධ දැලේ
ලසිත දුමින්ද
සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය අසල පවත්වාගෙන ගිය පෞද්ගලික රෝහලක ඔසු සලේ තිබූ රුපියල් ලක්‍ෂ 40 කට අධික වටිනාකමකින් යුත් ඖෂධ තොගයක්‌ හා විලවුන් උපකරණ ජාතික ඖෂධ අධිකාරිය විසින් පෙරේදා (09 වැනිදා) අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත.
ඖෂධවල පාලන මිලට වඩා වැඩි මිලට ඖෂධ අලෙවි කරන බවට ලද තොරතුරකට අනුව මෙම වැටලීම සිදු කොට තිබෙන අතර එම ඔසුසල බලපත්‍ර රහිතව පවත්වාගෙන ගිය එකක්‌ බවටද හෙළිවී තිබේ.
සෞඛ්‍ය ඇමැති මෛත්‍රිපාල සිරිසේන මහතාගේ උපදෙස්‌ මත ජාතික ඖෂධ අධිකාරියේ අධ්‍යක්‍ෂ වෛද්‍ය හේමන්ත බෙනරගම මහතා ඇතුළු කණ්‌ඩායමක්‌ එම රෝහලේ ඔසු සලේ සිදු කළ පරීක්‍ෂාවකදී ලක්‍ෂ ගණනක්‌ වටිනා බෙහෙත් තොගය සොයා ගෙන ඇතැයි අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ප්‍රකාශකයෙක්‌ zzදිවයිනZZ ට පැවසීය.
http://www.divaina.com/2012/04/11/news07.html
Private hospital pharmacies warned against overcharging
By Dilanthi Jayamanne
The Health Ministry warned it would come down hard on private hospital pharmacies which fleece people. The warning follows an e-mail tip off received by the Cosmetic Devices and Drug Authority (CDDA) on a well known Private Hospital pharmacy, situated within the Hospital Square. The spokesman for the Health Ministry said yesterday that the CDDA team had raided the hospital pharmacy on Monday (09) evening following an e-mail tip off that the pharmacy was overcharging its patients for drugs.
The spokesman said that the CDDA had confiscated drugs worth four million rupees. The CDDA authorities also discovered that the hospital had failed to renew its registration as well as its trade license.
He said that legal action would be taken against the hospital pharmacy. He urged patients to inform the CDDA if they were being overcharged by pharmacies. The CDDA has been receiving more and more complaints regarding the pharmacies owned by private hospitals.
The e-mail said that the particular private hospital pharmacy had advertised that the pharmacy provided a 24-hour service with experienced staff. The drugs, vaccines and medical instruments were of high quality with government approved pricing. A two percent discount was given to patients for prescriptions issued by Government Hospitals. They also offered expert advice on proper administration/usage of the drug by certified pharmacists.
The prescription which was given to a warded patient of the National Hospital for Ecosprin (Asprin ) and Omeprazole had cost over Rs. 3,000 as the patient had been provided with Ecosprin and another ‘Branded’ variant of Omeprazole, where each tablet cost around Rs. 60.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=49473
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