Acute shortage of clofazimine, a key drug for the treatment of leprosy, in the private sector has left doctors worried.
Fearing the worst for their patients, doctors have written to the Union Health Ministry seeking its urgent intervention and immediate restoration of the supply of the medicine.
“The medicine is readily available in the government sector (government hospitals and primary health care centres). It is in the private sector that the shortage is being felt and we request the government to help overcome this problem,’’ Rashmi Sarkar, president, Indian Association of Dermatologists Venereologist & Leprologists, said.
