It is reported that the Ministry of Health stated that the drug importers still have 13 billion rupees outstanding bills to pay, and they have requested money from the Treasury to pay those bills, and the Treasury has agreed to release them in stages.
Also, a senior official of the Ministry of Health stated that some drug importers are reluctant to import drugs due to non-payment of outstanding bills.
The Ministry of Health further stated that the shortage of essential medicines in the country has been reduced to 161, and all those medicines have been ordered and will be delivered to the country in several stages in the next few weeks.