Pres slams deliberate chokehold on medicine imports

4 weeks ago

President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu says the recent shortage in essential medicines in the Maldives was because several importers created a deliberate chokehold on import of several types of medicine. Multiple people have taken to social media in recent weeks to express concern over lack of availability of essential medicines, including those needed by newborns and thalassemia patients. In a press briefing at