Shortage of medicines in Jajarkot health posts

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JANUARY 17People visiting the health posts in the district have complained
of not getting medicine
It is said that although the physicians prescribe drugs and ask the patients to buy them from the dispensary, the service seekers have to
return empty-handed.
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The service-seekers have been berating that they are not getting the medicines at the pharmacies since the last one
month
The pharmacists have accepted the shortage of medicines. Tali Kami, a resident of Bheri Municipality-1 said that she had to
buy medicines from a private drug store as she could not get it from the health post dispensary
She complained that she could not get medicine for gastriritis.Chandra Bahadur Budha of Bheri Municipality-3 also complained of not getting
medicines at the health post dispensary.Mostly patients coming from remote places outside the district headquarters are facing difficulty
not getting medicines at the health post dispensaries.It is said the bodies concerned have been informed of the shortage of medicines at the
health post dispensaries, but the medicines have not been supplied as yet.
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