Embarrassment: No chloramphenicol eye ointment in Malawi

Malawi has no chloramphenicol in both all iots public hospitals and Central Medical Stores, suppliers of drugs to public institutions.
The development has forced poor people who visit the referral Kamuzu Central Hospital in the Central region, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Southern region, and Northern region major hospitals to go back home with their eye ailments.
This is a public health risk.
Health Minister, Professor Moses Chirambo, confirmed the news today, saying, however, government would do all it can to procure the drugs.
Meanwhile, private pharmacies are charging K600 per packet of 10 mg/gm, six times as much as the recommended price.