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Poland tackles medicine shortage

15.07.2019 16:30
Polish pharmacies have been restocked with medicines, Health Minister Łukasz Szumowski said on Monday, following shortages which caused alarm.
Polands Łukasz Szumowski.
Poland's Łukasz Szumowski.Photo: PAP/Wojciech Olkuśnik

Poland’s health ministry has launched a new helpline on which patients can get information on the availability of drugs in pharmacies across the country, state news agency PAP reported.

The helpline “received around a thousand calls during the first hour” after it was launched on Monday, Szumowski was cited by PAP as saying.

During the past week, Poland had been dealing with a drug shortage that has been linked by some to Europe's increased dependency on a limited number of overseas suppliers.

(jh/pk)

Source: PAP