ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Leader of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Sherry Rehman has condemned the government’s notification allowing allows rise in prices of 94 life-saving drugs.
“Other countries are making life saving drugs free for their citizens while our government is busy playing politics over such crucial matters,” she said.
Sherry Rehman stated that constant increase in price has forced patients to reduce medicine dosage or discontinue treatment. The government has left them with no choice but to compromise their health, she added.
Sherry Rehman said, “DRAP’s lack of interest in monitoring drug prices is shocking. It seems that there is no check and balance by the government and they are only busy in keeping a check on the opposition and curbing our voices.
PPP leader highlighted that in June, 2020 current government amended the Drug Pricing Policy 2018, allowing pharmaceutical companies to increase prices of medicines up to 10%.
Earlier in 2019, the PTI government had allowed the pharmaceutical companies to increase the prices of 45,000 medicines up to 15%. The prices of 463 hardship medicines were increased by 200% – the highest increase in the last 40 years,” she expressed.
Sherry further stated PTI government is setting new records of incompetence and inflation. Instead of providing relief to people during this pandemic, government has gone ahead and increased the prices of 94 lifesaving medicines, she concluded. (With input from INP)
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