MoH to spend extra on medicines: Kuwait

Zawya
Sep 08, 2022

MoH to spend extra on medicines: Kuwait


The Ministry of Health will continue its efforts to import medicines and medical supplies to secure the strategic pharmaceutical stockpile and ensure that patients receive their medicines regularly, reports Al-Qabas daily.

The sources told the daily the ministry has obtained approvals to purchase injections for diabetic patients, at a cost of 3.8 million dinars, and to purchase “syringes” for cancer patients at a cost of 768,000 dinars, in addition to supplying “sprays” for respiratory patients at approximately 1.5 million dinars. The sources added to Al- Qabas that the ministry is in the process of importing “injections” as antibiotics for 275,000 dinars.