The problem of drug shortages is global.

The EU has the initiative to introduce legislative measures and if we do not take steps backwards at home, the problem will be solved.

There are steps that can be taken by the Ministry of Health even without a functioning National Assembly.

This was stated by the former head of the office of the Minister of Health and the current chairman of the Supervisory Board of the NHIF Assoc. Vasil Pandov in the program "Face to Face" on BTV.

"The problem of missing drugs is structural.

When the law proposed by GERB was adopted, the limit for the export of medicines was 65%, not 100%.

There were no reasons for this reduction.

With Minister Asen Medzhidiev

Dr. Asen Medzhidiev was born in 1968. He graduated in medicine from the Higher Medical Institute in We have discussed that there should be an analysis of the drugs in the Positive List.

There was no such shortage when the audit was conducted during Asena Serbezova's time," he explained.

"After August, this functionality was not implemented, and I do not receive an answer as to why there is one now. I want to ask Minister Medjidiev why he canceled the electronic prescription of antibiotics. This allows 100% tracking of whether a given medication is available or not" , Prof. Pandov pointed out.

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"We reached a compromise then - to start as a mandatory group on antibiotics.

The reason was antibiotic resistance and greater control of this type of medication," admitted the former head of the health minister's office.

"Measures were taken, but he did not continue them.

Minister Medjidiev could introduce a bill.

We have been talking about the problem since November until now.

It is not dignified to transfer the responsibility to someone else," he pointed out.

In connection with the increase in the salaries of doctors, Associate Professor Vasil Pandov said that two mechanisms can be proposed in this direction.

"For example, for regional hospitals to receive targeted funding from the Ministry of Health, the other is through the Health Insurance Act to have a methodology for the NHIF to insure medical specialists."

Asen Medzhidiev

Associate Professor Dr. Vasil Pandov

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