800 essential medicines, medical devices will be 10 percent more expensive
Corona treatment costs exorbitant prices to wreak havoc
New Delhi: The government is preparing to whip up the price of drugs once again after the treatment of corona infection was ruined. For the first time in many years, the government is going to increase the prices of the National List of Essential Medicines (SHNIS) by about 10 per cent.
If this happens then the problem of inflation will worsen and the cost of medical treatment for the people will increase many times over. The annual increase in the price of drugs included in the NELM list is based on wholesale inflation. The drugs included in this list are considered essential drugs and are used in government health programs in addition to retail sales.
The drugs included in this list are used to treat diseases such as fever, infections, heart disease, hypertension, skin diseases and anemia. These include paracetamol and antibiotics such as azithromycin used in the treatment of bacterial infections, anti anemic prescriptions such as folic acid, vitamins and minerals.
According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the country's wholesale price inflation stood at 12.5 per cent in January, up from 7.81 per cent in January 2011. Wholesale inflation has been in double digits since April 2021.
An official of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) said that wholesale inflation is taken as the basis for changes in the prices of selected drugs, hence the effect of price hike will be applicable from April 1, 206.
Some drugs are used to treat patients with moderate to severe Kovid-12 infection. It also contains steroids such as prednisolone. There are about 5,000 formulated scheduled drugs available in the Indian market, which means that they are under price control or their maximum selling price is fixed by the government.
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