Medicine under the Free Medicine scheme are been distributed to pharmacies.
Majority of the medicines under the scheme are in the country which is been sought by the Fiji Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Services.
The Ministry of Health says the issue with medical stock has been sorted.
“142 items on the list and from what I’ve heard from the Fiji Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Services close to 132 medicine are already in the country and we have already started dispatching it so that should be a relief.” said Rosy Akbar – Minister for Health
Currently 23,000 people are under the free medicine scheme.
“I have advised my team to create more awareness and have more registration centers where people can come and actually registered to have access to free medicine so that’s how we are going to address the free medicine scheme.” she added.