The Department of Drug Administration (Ministry of Health) has just sent a document to the Departments of Health of provinces and centrally run cities; Hospitals and institutes under the Ministry; Drug manufacturing and importing establishments on ensuring drug supply.
According to the Department of Drug Administration of Vietnam, in recent times, some situations and developments in the world and in the country may affect the supply of drugs: the increase of diseases transmitted through the digestive tract, respiratory tract, diseases transmitted by mosquitoes (COVID-19, dengue fever, ...); The war in some countries, some areas in the world may disrupt the supply of blood products and blood products, optic painkillers; foreign drug suppliers do not continue to supply drugs with circulation registration certificates; radioactive drug manufacturing facilities have changed operations...
To ensure the adequate and timely supply of drugs for people's medical examination and treatment needs in the face of the above-mentioned complicated epidemics and war developments, the Drug Administration Department requests the Department of Health of provinces and centrally run cities to direct hospitals, disease control centers and medical facilities in the area to develop plans and deploy drug procurement to ensure adequate supply, absolutely not allowing shortages and shortages of drugs to serve the medical examination and treatment of people;
Ensure quality and reasonable prices, avoid sudden price increases, focus on ensuring adequate supply of medicine for emergency care; disease prevention drugs, blood products and blood products, anti-epidemic pain reliever products.
In case necessary, medical examination and treatment facilities proactively seek drug supply to import according to the provisions of law and seek alternative treatment measures.
The head of the medical examination and treatment facility is responsible for ensuring the supply of enough quality drugs to serve the needs of emergency care, medical examination and treatment at the medical examination and treatment facility.
Direct pharmaceutical businesses in the area to increase supply, develop and implement drug supply plans to serve the medical examination and treatment needs of the people.
The Drug Administration of Vietnam requires hospitals and institutes under the Ministry to proactively contact drug suppliers to place orders, monitor delivery progress, urgently carry out additional purchases in case of risk of drug shortage, and ensure ready supply of drugs.
In case necessary, medical examination and treatment facilities proactively seek drug supply sources, carry out importation according to the provisions of law and seek alternative treatment methods.
For drug manufacturing and importing facilities, the Drug Administration requires increasing supply, developing and implementing a drug supply plan to serve the medical examination and treatment needs of the people, urgently supplying enough drugs when receiving orders from medical examination and treatment facilities, not allowing speculation or drug price increases; report to the Drug Administration when there is a risk of drug shortage.
The Department of Drug Administration stated that in case of difficulties and problems with supply, the Units should report to the Department of Drug Administration (Department of Drug Administration and Business Administration: 0243.8461525) for guidance.
