Lack of medicines in clinics is nation wide ISSSTE

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Lack of medicines in clinics is nation wide ISSSTE

The union leader, section 30 of the ISSSTE Maria Guadalupe Cerda announced that the lack of drug supply is nationwide, so it is necessary that managers handled the bidding for drugs in adequate time.

Wed, 09/02/2011 - 14:12

Beneficiaries report that this problem exists for 2 months. Photo: Millennium
Tampico .- Due to multiple complaints from beneficiaries of the ISSSTE de Tampico, Madero, Altamira, San Luis Potosi and Hidalgo, among others, the union leader of Section 30 of the ISSSTE Maria Guadalupe Cerda announced that it is unfortunate that the title and even employees of the institute are going through this situation.

The staff notes that the lack of medicines is nationwide, so it is necessary that managers in high handled the bidding for drugs and adequate time to avoid such incidents, it is said, suffer for 2 months and who do not know when to reset the emergence of medicines.

 

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ISSSTE is left without medication
CHRISTIAN RAMIREZ
POSTED: 2/11/2011

For three weeks the ISSSTE clinical medicine has stopped working more than 90 percent of those entitled to treatment in Celaya and other 13 municipalities in the region.
This has meant that the title is consistently directed to the pharmacy of the clinic to see if there are drugs.

Yesterday morning could be seen rows up to forty people at the pharmacy, but in the absence of medicine, without explanation answered them that "next week and have drugs."

What is not explained to patients is that the problem is nationwide as the Institute is in the bidding process to decide what shall become drug laboratories.

"Right now as I have a month without medication, bring a recipe for like five weeks and right now we again say no, until next week," said Octavio Hernandez, who has to pay 300 pesos at a pharmacy for their pills .

"I have diabetes, triglycerides need medicine for joint pain to the head, but no to any of my troubles. So I do not know where to stop. Right now I have a case still for the diabetes but the rest, who gives it to me? "Questioned Andrea C?rdenas.

Noticeably upset, Beatriz Hernandez explained that she has a urinary tract infection and its treatment can not wait, so he had to leave the clinic to buy the medicine he needed.

"It is not possible. What I have can not wait and I have to go to the expense right now because if not then I will complicate "he said.

The problem is compounded because there are no medicines or to ensure the treatment of hospitalized patients in the clinic.

Miriam Frias, Public Relations of the clinic, explained that to them as physicians have had an adverse effect.

"This is a situation nationwide. Obviously we together with our state delegation are working and looking at alternatives and projects to solve because it is a concern we all have. We as workers and beneficiaries affected have also come out. "

Physician-family units that depend on the clinic in Celaya and are also affected by the shortage are located in Ac?mbaro, Salvatierra, Cortazar, Apaseo the Great, Apaseo el Alto, San Miguel de Allende, Villagr?n, and clinics subrogated Comonfort, Jaral del Progreso, Jer?cuaro, Santiago Maravatio Tarandacuao and Tarimoro.

- Would last at least 2 weeks

Miriam Frias, responsible for Public Relations ISSSTE clinic in Celaya, said the drug shortage could last at least two weeks.

"It may take another two weeks for the service to be regularized.

"This shortage of medicines at the national level has made the clinical Celaya is asking for support to other entities as Irapuato, Leon, Guanajuato and Quer?taro to other states as supported by vouchers and drugs," said Frias.

He added that to try to solve the shortage implemented the "Drug Express" which is to deliver vouchers for prescriptions are filled at pharmacies that have an agreement with the ISSSTE.

"The bad thing about vouchers is that we are depleting," said Frias, adding that they are only functional when prescription drugs entering the basic list of medicines provided by the ISSSTE.

- Lack of basic medicines

Guadalupe Andrade Castro suffers from diabetes, have complications with the thyroid and has to cover the rest of his life every night insulin. By the time you have to buy it because as beneficiary of the ISSSTE has not been for a couple of weeks.

"I'm diabetic, I have to apply my insulin every night. Are not here right now as I have to buy and each box has a 15-day cost me 600 pesos. So it's a huge expense. If you leave me I can put into a coma, that most thyroid problems and also for life I have to be medicated because if I die, then urge them to fix this problem. "

He said not even have basic medicines.

"They have no paracetamol which is supposed to essential medicines. It is a serious problem not only because workers do not allow us to discount it because of the problems that we each have with the different conditions.

 

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Finally arriving at ISSSTE medicines:applause:

Ram?n Chaparro
The Journal | 03.01.2011 | 21:33


A drug unit was discharged yesterday in the premises of the Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers (ISSSTE), which covered 80 percent of the drugs that were in short supply.

According to agency staff, tomorrow will come another truck whose load will comply 100 percent with the demand to be had.

Until yesterday remained a shortfall of 20 percent in inventory, so that the system to supply patients with their medications remained through the provision of vouchers.

Those responsible for delivering the document are the pharmacy employees who receive the prescription to verify stock and lack of the request, ask to be dispensed by specialized drugs and ask the patient to return the third day to pick the remedy.

Although still a lag in delivery of the drugs, shelves yesterday pharmacy ISSSTE Hospital looked busy unlike days past, when the boxes were active ingredients.

Staff who made the transfer of the said drugs to regularize this month and avoid delivery delays.

Indicated that during the past two months were suspended deliveries because the institution performing bidding process with pharmaceutical companies, and once it was defined in the new company responsible for supply to pharmacies will have to solve the problem.

Maribel Ramirez, title of the institution, yesterday went to the gynecologist to attend an appointment and to complete its review, the doctor prescribed some antibiotics that he feared not to receive at the pharmacy.

To his surprise, the drugs prescribed were already in existence, so we gave the three cases prescribed by your doctor.

According to official information, the Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers suffered from January 1st unprecedented shortages of medicines, putting at risk the integrity of the beneficiaries.

It was reported that of the 400 key drugs that the company Full Service Logistics and Distribution surtir?a the National Clearinghouse of ISSSTE, 200 had not arrived.

Silva Maria del Carmen Moreno, director of the institution in Juarez acknowledged the existence of the problem that led to the existence of controlled scarce, mainly antibiotics, anxiolytics, antihypertensives, among others.