UMMC to ensure drug supply by Tuesday
PETALING JAYA: Patients who need medicine from the University Malaya Medical Centre’s (UMMC) pharmacy will be ensured of supplies from Tuesday after the hospital rectifies its current drug shortage.
UMMC acting director Prof Chua Chin Teong said the shortage was a result of increased demand from patients and miscommunication within the centre’s administration.
He said after a discussion yesterday, the administration found that the pharmacy had run out of drugs such as Simvastatin, CoAprovel and Fenofibrate since Thursday.
“We look at this seriously and have taken measures to ensure this problem will not occur again,” he said in a statement yesterday, adding that the shortage was only temporary.
Prof Chua was responding to a news report on a shortage of drugs in the UMMC’s pharmacy. The medication included cholesterol-controlling drugs such as Zocor, CoAprovel and Lipanthyl.
The shortage was pointed out by several patients and a pharmacist has said there was no budget to purchase the drugs by the end of the year.
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