There are a lot of citizens to whom their medication is a matter of life and death, spreading lies on the issue of availability of the medication is an unhuman attempt to politicize this measure thus seriously threatening the health and with that the life of this group of citizens.
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Starting today the option to get the prescribed medication from the local pharmacy for a sick relative will not be available – medication will only be given out with an ID or passport!
The website Kurir published an article that dis-informed the citizens starting with the title itself. In the title it is stated that starting from 1st of October the citizens won’t be able to pick up their medication from their local pharmacies on behalf of their sick relatives. This disinformation was then spread through the following portals as well: Markukule, Ekonomski, Infomaks, PresingTV. Puls24.
Source: Kurir.mk
On 1st of October the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has held a press conference together with the Minister of health Venko Filipce and the CEOs of the Health Insurance Fund of Macedonia, Den Doncev and Orhan Ramadani, announced the reform to remove the quotas for government funded medication on the whole territory of the country. At the press conference one of the CEOs of the HIFM Orhan Ramadani stated that:
“In continuance I emphasize, the older individuals, children under the age of 18, as well as individuals that are not able to pick up their own medication, should not fear that thy will be let without medication. The possibility is foreseen, that in their name, their close ones can come and pick up their medication”
This is proof that articles written and published on the portals indicated above are disinformation and an attempt to manipulate the public, with the goal of undermining the work of the Government.
A journalist must publish correct, checked information and without covering up the crucial data – states Article 1 of the Journalist Codex.
The spread of lies on this question can, to a great extent complicate the lives of large group of citizens and suggests an inhuman attempt to politicize this measure, which will doubtlessly threaten the health of the individuals who have the need of a timely supply of medication.
03.10.2019
A.M.D.
