The head of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, Ershad Salhi, announced today, Sunday, the formation of a temporary parliamentary committee to monitor drug prices and curb the exploitation of citizens and patients' needs.
Salhi stated in a press interview, which "Video News Agency" reviewed, that the committee was formed due to numerous violations in drug pricing and the extortion faced by citizens, noting that the committee will work on reorganizing several cases related to drug circulation.
He added that among the proposals the committee will follow up on is the adoption of printed medical prescriptions to ensure clarity, as well as emphasizing that doctors are not required to direct patients to specific pharmacies for dispensing medication.
Salhi pointed out that the drug issue directly affects citizens' lives, noting that patients face difficult situations when their need for treatment is exploited.
For his part, Deputy Haider Al-Asadi explained in a press interview reviewed by "Video News Agency" that the formed committee includes the health, integrity, and financial parliamentary committees, and there is currently no encrypted medical prescription, as it should be in electronic form.
Last week, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Haibat Al-Halbousi, directed that doctors in hospitals and medical clinics be mandated to print medical prescriptions (the "rajita") and not write them by hand to prevent their encryption and the exploitation of patients.
The formation of this committee comes at a time when citizens' complaints about rising drug prices in private pharmacies are escalating, amid calls to tighten oversight on pharmaceutical markets and hold pharmacies accountable for violating official pricing.