Rajasthan Govt Releases 25% Hydroxychloroquine Stock

Jaipur, 8 April 2020:

Taking into account the shortage of hydroxychloroquine, a drug showing effective results in treatment of Covid-19, the state government on Tuesday issued order to make the medicine available in the market for patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. The order says that 25% of the stock recovered from the dealers will be returned to them. But, the health department also mentioned that it should be given to patients on prescription adding that those found involved in black-marketing will be dealt strictly.

In earlier orders issued on March 27 and March 28, the health department had directed its drug controllers to acquire all the available stock of hydroxychloroquine from the market. Following the directions, the drug controllers had collected all the stocks of hydroxychloroquine from the market which caused scarcity of the drug leaving rheumatoid arthritis patients in lurch.

The higher authorities of the health department have started receiving complaints from doctors and patients of rheumatoid arthritis as it was not available in the market. Moreover, some doctors claimed that they require the drug for prophylaxis purpose as they need to treat the Covid-19 suspected patients. The Times Of India