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Rajasthan: Attendants of Covid patients asked to arrange for remdesivir in private hospitals | Jaipur News
JAIPUR: As remdesivir is available in limited quantity, incidents of private hospitals asking the attendants of Covid-19 patients undergoing treatment to arrange on their own remdesivir injection, which is used in specified Covid-19 patients. The attendants have to rush to get remdesivir from different sources which can increase chances of them falling prey to black marketing and purchasing the injection at exorbitant rates.
A private hospital official said, “We are not getting regular supply of remdesivir from stockists due to which we do not have sufficient doses. The attendants of the patients have to buy it from outside”.
Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Society (PHNHS) has raised the issue and demanded its resolution for the betterment of patients undergoing treatment in private hospitals. “Situation is grim. Immediate improvement in terms of availability and distribution of remdesivir injection in private hospitals needs to be done before things go from bad to worse,” said Dr Vijay Kapoor, secretary, PHNHS.
He alleged that the hospitals are not getting the supply from the stockists. The demand from private hospitals for remdesivir has to be fulfilled for Covid-19 patients.
The shortage is being faced by private hospitals, while the government hospitals have enough stock of the injections. “Our department is procuring remdesivir regularly from the companies and we have sufficient stock available for treatment of Covid-19 patients,” said Dr Narrottam Sharma, chief medical health officier (Jaipur-I).
Besides, SMS Medical College has also released a protocol for judicious use of remdesivir. The college appealed to the doctors not to give remdesivir to every Covid-19 patient as it is useful in some patients and useless in patients with some health conditions.
On the intervention of the Centre, major manufacturers of ‘remdesivir injection’ have reported voluntary reduction in the maximum retail price, said the order issued by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority on Saturday.
A private hospital official said, “We are not getting regular supply of remdesivir from stockists due to which we do not have sufficient doses. The attendants of the patients have to buy it from outside”.
Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Society (PHNHS) has raised the issue and demanded its resolution for the betterment of patients undergoing treatment in private hospitals. “Situation is grim. Immediate improvement in terms of availability and distribution of remdesivir injection in private hospitals needs to be done before things go from bad to worse,” said Dr Vijay Kapoor, secretary, PHNHS.
He alleged that the hospitals are not getting the supply from the stockists. The demand from private hospitals for remdesivir has to be fulfilled for Covid-19 patients.
The shortage is being faced by private hospitals, while the government hospitals have enough stock of the injections. “Our department is procuring remdesivir regularly from the companies and we have sufficient stock available for treatment of Covid-19 patients,” said Dr Narrottam Sharma, chief medical health officier (Jaipur-I).
Besides, SMS Medical College has also released a protocol for judicious use of remdesivir. The college appealed to the doctors not to give remdesivir to every Covid-19 patient as it is useful in some patients and useless in patients with some health conditions.
On the intervention of the Centre, major manufacturers of ‘remdesivir injection’ have reported voluntary reduction in the maximum retail price, said the order issued by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority on Saturday.
