Because of the Continued Closure of Sana’a Airport.. Medicines in the Refrigerator at Risk of Shortage at any Time

The Director General of Drug Supply Stores at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Shami, confirmed that the well-known medicines found in the refrigerator of Sana’a airport, since the closure of the airport by the aggression, have become subject to lack as they require special air transport and storage conditions.

Al-Shami said in a press investigation today, Friday, that the indications of citizens’ demand for chronic disease medicines are high and sharp in the ministry’s drug supply stores, in light of the great scarcity of these items.He noted that the leadership of the Ministry of Health is trying hard to provide vital medicines to those in need with the persistence of obstacles imposed by the coalition of aggression.

For his part, Head of the Export Department at the Ministry of Health’s stores, Dr. Abdul Nasser Al-Quraishi, said that refrigerator medicines would save the lives of people with chronic diseases, such as medicines for patients with liver, diabetes, blood diseases, strokes, immunity, dialysis, obstetrics and gynecology.He stressed that the Ministry’s stock of medicine for patients with multiple sclerosis is sufficient to treat 6 Patients only. It is rare to find this drug in the local market in the various governorates of the Republic.

Al-Quraishi pointed out that many patients with multiple sclerosis are not aware of the presence of their medicines in the Ministry’stores.