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NGO wants clarity on drug supplies

NGO wants clarity on drug supplies

Hospitals still facing medicine shortages

A man collects his medicine from a dispensing machine at Rajavithi Hospital as the ‘Outpatients under Self-Isolation’ system is being offered to people with Covid-19 who have mild or no symptoms. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

The Rural Doctor Society (RDS) is urging the Ministry of Public Health to be transparent about the country’s supply of anti-viral favipiravir medicine so hospitals can better manage their stocks of the drug.

According to the RDS, Thailand is currently low on favipiravir — the main medicine for Covid-19 treatment — and has called on the ministry to better inform hospitals about the…

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