Kidney Protection Society (KPS) claims that they
are running out of funds to purchase more medicines
for Kidney patients at the Nephrology and Renal Unit
of the Kandy Teaching Hospital.
According to an officer of the Kidney Protection
Society, it has spent every single rupee they have
to purchase the essential drugs such as Cyclosporine
and Cellcept for the patients.
“There are nearly 700 kidney patients and our
society had to spend Rs. 600 per patient daily. We
have spent more than Rs. 420,000 for the past three
weeks for purchasing the essential drugs,” he said.
He further said even though they have requested
the Ministry of Healthcare to provide the needed
drugs, they have failed to do so due to incompetence
of the officials in the Ministry of Healthcare. “We
requested the President Mahinda Rajapksa to
intervene in this matter, but nothing has happened.
He is not taking any steps to provide the needed
drugs, nor does the Ministry of Healthcare,” he
added.
He also said that the Health Ministry has many
“invalid” and “ridiculous” answers to the
unavailability of the drugs. The official also said
that the Ministry is ignoring the matter without
taking any steps to provide the medicine.
“This shows the negligence of the officials. And I
am not able to understand why they cannot import the
drugs according to the requirement. We are not
asking for our families, we are asking for these
patients as only they know the pain they are going
through,” he asserted. (KA) |
