There’s one thing unusual happening in hospitals. Low cost, widespread medicine that nurses use daily appear to be continually hit by shortages. These are sometimes generic medicine that do not appear tremendous sophisticated to make, issues like dextrose and saline (aka sugar water and salt water).
So what is going on on? The reply, as with something in healthcare, is sophisticated.
On right this moment’s present: why hospitals hold working out of generic medicine. The story behind these shortages tells us rather a lot about how these medicine are made, purchased and offered–and, it reveals us how these markets can falter with out the right care.
This episode was hosted by Sally Helm and Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi. It was produced by Willa Rubin, with assist from James Sneed and Sam Yellowhorse Kesler. It was edited by Martina Castro. Reality-checking by Dania Suleman. Planet Cash‘s government producer is Alex Goldmark.
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