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The Sindh province including Karachi has been facing a severe shortage of life-saving medicines for the last few months.
Hum News says vaccines for kidney disease, hepatitis A, rubella, measles, and mumps have disappeared from the market.
Similarly, tetanus immunoglobulin, used for treating tetanus, and anti-rabies immunoglobulin, used for rabies prevention, were also unavailable in the market.
Health experts said that tetanus immunoglobulin is crucial for preventing tetanus infections, which result in a 30 percent to 40 percent mortality rate if vaccination is not administered in time.
Similarly, they said, anti-rabies immunoglobulin was essential alongside rabies vaccination to prevent the disease.
Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association Chairman, Tauqeerul Haq said that pharmaceutical companies were producing some medicines locally while the issue of imported medicines would soon be resolved.
He said that importers have expressed concerns, stating that they have submitted price adjustment requests to authorities.
Importers said that they have informed DRAP authorities regarding the pricing issue, and if the prices were not fixed, they would not be able to import the medicine.
Hospital authorities confirmed the shortage of life-saving medicines in government hospitals for the past several months.
