Nov
22

the search for combantrin

Filed Under (articlets, buhay narsing.) by fueledbymaruchanramen on 22-11-2008

 

I have a complaint: today, I walked for about a kilometer from my house just to find a drug store that sells Combantrin.  Out of the 5 “pseudo” drug stores in my vicinity, only 1 effing store has Combantrin.  And they only have 1 tablet left and the tablet seemed quite “old.”  The only place I was able to buy 3 tabs of Combantrin was - go figure - the Mercury Drug Store which was on the other side of Osmeña Highway. 

How many kids are there in Pandacan?  And how many of these children are worm-free?  Do you honestly expect me to believe that all the kids in Pandacan are worm-free?  Why on earth are anti-helminthic meds not readily available then?

Is it because they’re given out for free in health centers?  I’m yet to find out the answer to that. 

The thing that bothers me is that these so-called drug stores can afford to sell “unnecessary” products like slimming supplements or the new lineup of dietary/health supplements (think of liveraide, cardiovit, etc) but couldn’t even replenish their stock of the lowly Combantrin.

It just blows my mind how wrong our priorities are.

 



1 Comment So Far

Liam Loan on 24 February, 2009 at 7:39 pm #
    

Haha, that’s funny. Nice blog. Just passing through.

I should really be reading up on loan modification instead of peoples blogs