Of course, as you've heard, the Nurses and the KHMH Authority's Workers Union have signaled a severe shortage of essential medicines, which is affecting the quality of care that they can offer patients.
So, since public health clinics and hospitals often have to turn to the private sector for emergency supplies, the press asked the President, who is a private medical practitioner, for her views on the shortages:
Dr. Perlita Aldana - President, BMDA
"There are certain pharmaceutical companies that, of course, they have slowed down because supplies have not been enough. They haven't reached it on time, and I guess we just have to bear a little with them and wait until that issue can be resolved completely."
Reporter
"Are you having the same kinds of shortages as occur within the public sector?"
Dr. Perlita Aldana
"There are a few shortages, okay? Now, I do believe that probably it is not that intense in the public sector, but they have to be addressed, and see how we could facilitate the entry of those medications as soon as possible because they're really needed. I understand that in the public sector, we basically have very little to work with right now. And, I do think that we have to work a lot with the administrative bodies that are in charge of that to make sure that they not only know but that they work towards getting all of these supplies that we badly need, All right."
Reporter
"The KHMH CEO has said that when they run out, they turn to you all for help. When you run out, who do you turn to?"
Dr. Perlita Aldana
"Well, I guess we cannot turn to anybody because, yes, when they run out of supplies, they do look for the private sector and where they can get their stuff. Just like when they don't have labs or the MRI, you know, they have to go to the private [institutions]."
