Kyrgyzstan does not have enough drugs, especially those that are needed to treat serious diseases. This was announced on Friday by the government of this Central Asian country, which imports almost all pharmaceutical preparations from abroad, TASR reports according to the AFP report.
Inland Kyrgyzstan is one of the poorest post -Soviet countries And most of the drugs imports from Russia, India or Pakistan. Many of the local residents have been saving for a long time to receive the necessary treatment abroad.
However, the government promised to solve the problem some time ago. In 2023 it established a state -owned company (Kyrgyzfarmacija) whose task is Centralize the distribution of drugs needed to treat cancer, blood diseases or epilepsy to hospitals. The measure also includes the purchase of medicines directly from the manufacturers and its aim is also to combat corruption.
However, Kirghiz Minister of Health Alymkadyr Beišenaliev announced on Friday that this The company needs approximately 3.5 billion Somov (about € 38.5 million) to ensure the purchase and stock of the necessary medicines in the country.
The local government has also launched A network of state pharmacies whose role is to reduce medicines. They are higher in Kyrgyzstan than in most other former Soviet countries. However, the Minister of Health, but on Friday He admitted that most of the pharmacies were not profitable. He also stated that on the margo of President Sadyr Žaparov’s request released the head of the state -owned company.
The lack of drugs is also pointed out by MPs Kyrgyzské Parliament. Criticize the overall state of health in the country and call the government to try to get the means to treat children of cancer patients. Parliament’s President Nurlan Šakiyev described on Thursday insufficient drug stocks as an urgent question and noted that the public is also concerned about the significant price increase of basic or other requested drugs.
