Reagents shortage in Algeria Pasteur Institute

The Algiers-based medical institute of Pasteur suffers from a shortage of reagents in medical analysis after the stock was used up, Echorouk has learnt.

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• “There are no more serum, vaccines and no reagents because the stock was not renewed,” said the same sources.
• “This problem is due to malfunctioning and the policy of monopoly exercised by some officials over the institute to sign funding deals.”
• According to the same sources, this problem started affecting the services intended to patients.
• Most of the hospitals throughout the country notified the Algerian health ministry of the shortage of medical substances in their stocks.
• Previously, more than 35,000 vaccines damaged at the institute of Pasteur due to the bad running of the cooling and conservation system.