More than $ 27 mln earmarked for drugs purchase in 2001

Morocco allotted a budget of 315 million dirhams (nearly $ 27.4 million) to purchase drugs in 2001, Moroccan health minister, Thami Khyari, said. The minister, who was speaking at a press conference, said his department has taken a package of measures to remedy the delay in supplying drugs to medical centers in different parts of the country.

Khyari deplored the shortage in specialized physicians, noting the problem adversely impacts the launching of newly constructed medical centers.