Minister of Health guarantees that “there will be no shortage of essential medicines” in Portugal
The Minister of Health, Manuel Pizarro, guaranteed this Saturday that there will be no shortage of essential medicines in Portugal.
“The Portuguese can rest assured, there is no shortage of essential medicines in Portuguese hospitals or pharmacies,” Pizarro told reporters.
At a time of increased consumption due to respiratory medications and less responsiveness due to the war in Ukraine, there have been disruptions, especially in pediatric formulations.
Manuel Pizarro assured that the situation is being concomitant, and there is no reason for concern.
Even so, he underlined that “we have to be very careful, in these periods when there are greater respiratory situations, there is a greater need for certain types of medication”.
Regarding the fact that since December 15th, the export of some medicines – antipyretics and anti-inflammatories – is dependent on authorization from Infarmed, Pizarro justified with the need to take care in relation to ruptures.
“We have to take the measures adopted to ensure that the Portuguese are protected in the first place.
Even so, he returned at the end to stress that “there is no reason for alarm or concern in our country” in relation to