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Cry our beloved country

After the Ministry of Health recently decried a national acute shortage of medications and drugs, it’s apparent that we are headed for tough times. We are not out of the woods yet.

Evidence is galore that it is not only government pharmacies that are experiencing the disconcerting shortages, as even many of the private pharmacies are unable to dispense prescribed medications, leaving patients running all over the place in search of medications.

It’s worrying that even patients with chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and others find themselves sent from pillar to post as pharmacies’ shelves are empty and cannot serve them.

Editor's Comment
The State apparatus must be sanitised

When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...

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