Updated consumption reports on drugs across the regions could have been used to obviate the shortages currently being experienced, according to advisor to the Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy.
On Monday, Ramsammy who was one of the officials present during a virtual press conference, stated that an important part of the procurement process for drugs is the consumption report as every region has a certain demand and this could have been used to determine what drugs were procured.
“Every region has a consumption pattern, whether it has to deal with infectious diseases like malaria and TB and HIV etc. or the chronic diseases like diabetes etc.… Those consumption reports from the region represent the fundamental principle through which you determine how much you will buy,” Ramsammy said during the press conference.