8 minutes agoThe Health Ministry is paying multiple medicines more expensive than real price
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)The high price of drugs the Health Ministry pays for hospital equipment with them has been a topic of discussion on the fourth day under the Anti-corruption Week. The minister, Uran Ismaili, said he has asked the OBS to be the main authority to examine the essential list. 30 out of 300 drugs [...]
The minister, Uran Ismaili, said he has asked the OBS to be the main authority to examine the essential list.
30 out of 300 drugs on the essential list receive over 70% of the budget, so Ismaili says it is necessary to increase the health ministry's budget.
He said they would press indictments against those companies that prove to have damaged the ministry's budget.
USAID representative Miranda Jolicoeur said great importance in transparency has civil society.
The Columbus Institute said that drug prices in Kosovo in recent years have increased and are much more expensive than real prices.
The damage to the Ministry budget was said to be millions, while there is still no initiative to change this situation.
