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Children's paracetamol remain in low supply.
Samoa's national hospital is rationing critical medicine due to a low supply, with outside help offering temporary relief.
Last week, the Health Ministry received an urgent air freight shipment from Fiji-based Pacific Specialist Healthcare (PSH), covering only about half of what is needed.
Key drugs like metformin, a drug to manage and treat type 2 diabetes; amlodipine, which is used to treat high blood pressure; and also children's paracetamol remain scarce, with the rest of PSH's supplies expected to arrive in the coming weeks.
