The Parliamentary Social Services Committee on Thursday visited the New Amsterdam Public Hospi-tal and heard that there was a drug shortage, more staff was needed and a key testing machine was out of order.
Chair of the committee, Dr. Vindhya Persaud stated after the visit that there is a drug shortage in the region which has been raised by patients notably for chronic non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension as well as for others such as thyroid disease.
“What we have noticed is that there seems to be some difficulty between the demand or supply and procurement…Sometimes it is that the hospital may have, but inadequate to supply the outpatient or they would not have received sufficient medication from MMU (Materials Management Unit). There seems to be shortages but they are expecting to receive medication … and we will have an updated list as to what is available and what is not”, she stated.
