Pharmacists warn that the Board owes 120 million and are "on the edge ...
The Regional Council of Pharmacists of Castilla-La Mancha (COFCAM) ??noted Wednesday that the Board has yet to pharmacies in the region of 120 million euros, which has led the industry “on the verge of shortages.”
The president of COFCAM, Rosa López-Torres, explained at a press conference that pharmacies “can not continue to finance spending that is typical of the Administration” and says he will not know “how they will cope with the situation” as If these are usually bear the cost for 50 days, the Administration joined this period, “another month and a half” more.
After payment of 24 million euros for half of May, it remains to be paid, according to Lopez-Torres, the other half of May, the month of June and July, which will present the bill COFCAM the 10th of August to the Board.
Lopez-Torres explained that there are drugs that are especially at risk of shortages that are priced “around 4,000 or 5,000 euros” which correspond, for example, “process terminals”.
He has also stated that “the pharmacy involved is one that relies almost exclusively on recipes Health Service of Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM), which is the small pharmacy” and has said that pharmaceutical “sometimes the cloth tears of the customer. ”
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
The president of the COFCAM has defended the category of pharmacists as “health professionals” and has said they feel “discriminated against” because other health collaborate to educate on health and are “bringing health to the population.”
It also said that “the drug is necessary for the health of the population” and a “priority spending” so that Lopez-Torres considers this spending as important “as payrolls could be health management.”
Lopez-Torres explained that “in many towns the pharmacist is the only health service and provides uninterrupted service in populations where there is no medical or nursing consultations.”
SOLUTIONS
On the other hand, the president of COFCAM explained that this institution has attempted to “bring the administration financial institutions so they could negotiate a way out of this huge debt.”
For his part, President of the College of Pharmacists of Ciudad Real (COFCR), Julian Creis, stated that although the Government has indicated that in August there will be a new payment has not been finalized the date and amount, a considers that the solution is a “regularization of payments” to have “certainty.”
In this sense, Creis has indicated that it is reaching the “bankruptcy” of the pharmaceutical system can not cope “beyond” of August, it added that “some comrades who fail safe.”
