Price Hike On Essential Medicines

Price Hike On Essential Medicines

Government Doctors said essential medicine prices had risen sky height.As from July 2015 to date, prices of antibiotic medicines have been increased from 200% -300% .

Reasons for the sharp rise in price said to be non registration of  new medicine varieties and increase in US Dollar value against Srilankan Rupee.

Most affected persons are those, who have been asked by  medicine prescribing doctors to buy it from private medical centers .

Government promised to introduce new drug policy based on Professor Bibile’s policies,which expected to bring down prices of medicines.How long it will take is not known. But it looks like “Operations success Patient  died”story .