HOSPITAL’S PHARMACY IN IFAKARA

Kostakou Erietta

Pharmacist

3 STORAGE FACILITIES

Storage for patients (dispensing room)

Storage for drugs (antibiotics, narcotics, anti-malaria etc)

Storage for pharmaceuticals

Drugs depend on Season!

Dry season (November-April): malaria, diarrhoea, cholera corresponding treatment

Rain season (May-October): respiratory disease antibiotics + corresponding treatment

Drugs depend on Day!

Wednesday: diabetic incidents anti-diabetic drugs

Thursday + Friday: cardiac incidents drugs for cardiovascular disease

Hospitals buy the drugs from the government but who does pay?

Drugs free for persons of the government, who pay by credit and the money is kept from their salary

Drugs not free for the others, who have to pay by cash!

What if somebody has no money?

No money no treatment!

Exceptional group of patients who are in an emergency situation and don’t pay.

(But when somebody is in emergency here?!)

ConclusionDonations have decreased…

People are starving…

People are poor…

Drugs cost them a lot…( 1 tabl. depon costs 0,004€ in Africa/ 0,025€ in Greece )

And what do we do?..

« All animals are equal……..but some are more equal than others…» George Orwell