Not be expected problems of shortages for pharmacies by the general strike

MADRID, 28 ( EUROPA PRESS)

The director-general of the Spanish Federation of Pharmaceutical distributors (FEDIFAR), Miguel Valdés, said that not be envisaged problems of scarcity in pharmacies and hospitals, during the general strike called by CCOO and UGT Thursday in rejecting the labor reform approved by the Government.

“All distribution companies have adopted measures, they have warned pharmacies to they load a little stock in order for this Wednesday; thereby not be envisaged problems of scarcity”, pointed to Europa Press. The biggest problem, adds, can occur when the demands of special or urgent medicines; to avoid this, continued, “it is vital to maintain open routes”.

This is precisely why you which they have asked the Ministry of health, social services and equality that in establishing the percentage of minimum services respects the request of the employer considers, “to ensure the supply of medicines to the offices of Pharmacy and, therefore, the supply of medicines to the population”It is necessary to have, as a minimum, with 50 per cent of the templates in the workplace.

“We need that the operation will be almost normal,” explained, because providing for “next to normal” demand, if they take into account that their estimates, after consultation with the sector involved, show that “a significant percentage doctors in general come to work, and the same goes for the offices of Pharmacy”.

Specifically, consider hospitals and primary care centers have a close to normal assistance, which implies a regular prescription and the need of the patients obtain their medication in pharmacies. It also provides that the majority of pharmacies open, so the demand for drugs by the population will be close to a regular working day.

Also recalls that the activity of enterprises of pharmaceutical distribution as “essential for community activity”, so requests health to report to the autonomous communities of the minimum service required by this employer to avoid inequalities between regions and limitations that could affect the supply of drugs.

Finally, trusts that the day goes normally and that respect for the right of workers who want to go to their jobs and drug supply routes travelling uneventful.

In any case, FEDIFAR recommends, and so we have done to know health, vehicles that are participating in the distribution of drugs during the period of duration of stoppages are properly identified as “transport of drugs”.

For his part, from Cofares, have confirmed that pharmacies that will “receive their order as normal”. Thus, whatever the support for the strike from Cofares indicate that they have organized to “meet all the routes and that there is no scarcity in any pharmacy that depend on them.” Also, accepted a slight increase in requests for drugs in anticipation to the General strike.