13:12, 27 February 2020

South-Ossetian MIA explains seizure of medicines with Georgian inscriptions from pharmacies

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of South Ossetia intends to continue raids and seize medicines with Georgian inscriptions from pharmacies. Patients used to order foreign drugs via Georgia, now they will have to do this via North Ossetia, a local pharmacist has explained.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that since February South-Ossetia law enforcers are conducting raids and seize medicines with Georgian inscriptions. In her turn, Salome Zurabishvili, the President of Georgia, has stated that the ban on sale of Georgia-made medicines violates the rights of residents of South Ossetia.

Back in January, even before the raids, residents of South Ossetia complained about the deficit of medicines and medical products.

The drugs seized by law enforcers are mainly foreign-made drugs, which have no analogues among Russian ones, or which are more efficient than Russian counterparts, said a Tskhinvali pharmacist.

He pointed to the senselessness of law enforcers' action saying that "patients will all the same buy these drugs, if not here then in North Ossetia."

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on February 27, 2019 at 07:32 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Anna Dzhioyeva

Source: CK correspondent