The Ministry of Health said, 50 more types of drugs that are in short supply will be imported within the next two weeks.

Accordingly, the ministry stated that the shortage of medicine will be controlled to some extent.Currently, there is a shortage of 230 medicines in the medical supply sector.

The ministry added, all those medicines will be ordered and imported immediately.The importation of essential drugs is facilitated under the Indian loan assistance program.

Several public hospitals have also had to suspend laboratory tests due to delays in machine maintenance, a lack of personnel, or a limited supply of chemical reagents.