BARCELONA, 13 (EUROPA PRESS)
El SÃndic’s Ombudsman opened ex officio action last year to investigate why a pharmacy refused to sell a drug prescription is priced at the market close to 5,000 euros and that was prescribed to a cancer patient.
Denial, according to collect the report presented Monday in the Parlament of the Catalan people, Rafel Ribó, Ombudsman has had due to the high cost of the medication and the accumulated delay of more than 80 days it takes for the Generalitat in repay the money to the offices of pharmacy.
Knowledgeable sources of the case have indicated to Europa Press, while the cancer drug price stands at € 5,000, the profit margin for the pharmacist who dispenses oscillates around EUR 35.
In particular, the accurate planning in his report that a person complained to the institution because pharmacy informed that could not provide you medication prescribed by the Social Security “because of the delay in the payment of the invoice”.
Over the past year, the Catalan people, Rafael Ribó, Ombudsman accumulated 60% more health complaints caused by delays in surgical waiting lists and pharmaceutical shortages result of the difficult economic situation in some establishments, as it exposes the report.
Addressing pharmaceutical problems, which the Ombudsman has been identified in other cases, the sÃndic has addressed to the Ministry of health of the Generalitat and the Council of colleges of pharmacists of Catalunya that report to it on the measures taken to ensure users the acquisition of drugs prescribed prescription of the Catalan health service (CatSalut).
In fact, the report stresses that the situation of delay “could cause a risk of lack of supply of medicines in some pharmacies”, which would affect the rights of users to obtain medication and health products necessary for your health.
In addition, complaints related exclusively to waiting lists doubled and passed 87 submitted in 2010 to the 174 made last year.
Pharmacists recognize the problem
Speaking to Europa Press, the President of the Council of colleges of pharmacists of Catalonia, Jordi Dalmases, demonstrated the “important issue” which is derived from the dispensation of drugs of high cost, whose price should move 80 days pharmacy delays of the Generalitat.
It’s a very complicated situation, and De Dalmases has asked the Ministry of health “clear legislation”.
The tension of Treasury that record the public coffers of the Generalitat has caused delays in the payment of invoices for pharmaceutical recipes of Social Security, whose money should move the establishment of pharmacy with credits and personal resources.
