Medicines and medical equipment are hostages of government debt

In an interview with Mehr reporter, Yadullah Sohrabi said: Removing the preferred currency without stable financial support and without a plan tiny It can lead to irreparable crises in the field of health and will threaten people's health, and with this act, the health security of fellow citizens will be damaged and lead to a delay in providing quality medical services.

He added: The sensitive and vital issue of providing medical equipment and its unique role in the health of society should be included in the decisions of the same field. legal and parliamentarians as well as the 14th government which is interested in expert work.

Sohrabi continued: It should be noted that the importers of essential medical equipment without domestic production should be supported strictly and fairly so that people's health is not endangered.

He added: “The government should pay special attention to providing health to the people at a low cost for the patients and with appropriate quality by strengthening insurances to provide these services, so that the share paid out of the people's pockets for health does not increase in these inflationary and livelihood conditions.”

Sohrabi said: The principle of removing the preferred currency is the right action in general, and no economic expert considers the multi-rate currency system due to lack of transparency and corruption. Za And being a rentier is not good for the country and the people, but we are in a situation where the project failed pharmacist It also showed that if we take the currency of medical equipment without providing stable and guaranteed alternative resources, we will face a disaster

A member of the Supreme Council of the Medical System stated: The difference in the current preferred currency for the provision of equipment is about one billion euros, which is equivalent to 35 hemats, and if the government wants to remove this currency, it must pay at least 35 hemats to the insurance companies to compensate for it, which is the current situation for patients. To be preserved to some extent.

The head of the drug and medical equipment commission of the medical system organization added: If the government does not have enough credit, according to a plan developed in a staggered manner, they will eliminate the preferred currency of medical equipment in a period of three or four years.

A member of the Pharmaceutical Monitoring Committee also said: Another problem of removing the preferred currency for medical equipment is that it multiplies the amount of liquidity required for suppliers, and many suppliers of these items are not able to provide this amount of liquidity in riyals, and this issue can lead to a shortage of items. medicine in the country.

Sohrabi continued: With the sudden removal of the preferred currency for medical equipment, the price of consumables and necessities will increase by about 9 times, and the price of capital equipment will also increase by more than 10 to 12 times. If we don't have a documented plan to compensate for the provision of equipment, this decision will lead to a human crisis and disaster.

A member of the Iranian Pharmacists Association said: The drug and equipment sector now has a 17-month overdue claim from the government sector amounting to 50 thousand billion tomans. is In the private sector, the situation is not better and the arrears have reached several months.

He added: Today, pharmacies, which are at the forefront of the drug supply chain, have suffered a liquidity crisis, and this domino crisis has spread to the supply and purchase of raw materials and distribution, and the entire supply chain has been disrupted, and if no solution is found, it will turn into a tsunami. And finally the smoke will go to people's eyes.

Sohrabi said: Such a debt will disrupt the pharmaceutical supply chain and increase the shortage and shortage of pharmaceuticals several times. If Mabe the difference Its riyal is not provided and in the form of mark And if they don't purposefully put this money in the fund to compensate the patient's cost and don't bring this money to the end of the treatment chain, the cost of the patients will increase and the treatment will be disturbed. An example of that design pharmacist is Imagine a compatriot who is a motor courier who does not have any support insurance, needs a prosthesis due to an accident or an accident. If he is not supported, the backbone of the economy and the livelihood of the family will suffer with this inflation and he will not be able to cope with this double burden. And he will have a financial crisis in his life, which is not good for the health of the country.

The head of the drug and equipment commission of the medical system organization went on to provide solutions and added: price correction and avoidance of mandated prices, use of capacities Y Scientific and innovative youth, the use of experts' opinions in decision-making and decision-making get which is the basis of the movement of the fourteenth government is the attention to expert work, the serious determination of the government to facilitate the activities of the private sector, a development-oriented view by supporting domestic manufacturing companies and knowledge-based companies in the field of producing medicine and medical equipment and new health-oriented goods, requiring Operating banks comply with the directives of the central bank and pay special attention to provide vital and strategic goods and pay facilities to all the owners of the supply chain process (pharmacies, distribution industry, and production) due to the importance of drugs and equipment in the issue of people's health. And the equipment should be prioritized by the government.

He continued: The issue of currency is one of the most important issues in the field of health. The Ministry of Health and the Food and Drug Organization, as the responsibility of the health system, the internal decisions they make, these decisions should not be arbitrary and without expert and scientific attachments, which cause many problems. E create for the field of health and our colleagues, as an example in the discussion of laboratory kits for colleagues of pathology and laboratory sciences that none of the owners of the process from the associations, academics and organizations of the medical system in decision-making and decision-making get No comment has been received.

Sohrabi said: The Ministry of Health should justify, coordinate and converge all the various inter-departmental and inter-departmental (such as universities and insurances) and extra-departmental institutions that are involved in this field and according to the schedule and program. tiny that it is codified and the responsibility of the competent institutions and authorities, such as customs, central bank, planning and budget organization, operating banks and other institutions, as the owners of the process, their role has been expertized and specified and determined so that there is no disruption in the provision of services and We did not encounter any problems in the supply and production cycle of medical equipment and consumables.

In the end, he added: if the officials take care of people's health during budget setting and credit allocation Mabe the difference The exchange rate of medicine and medical equipment should be available to health care providers at the right time and in the right amount; Medicines and medical equipment of good quality are prepared and procured and compatriots will not have any problem to receive quality services.