The National Health Fund (NHF) has added more supplies to the market for diabetics and persons suffering from Hypertension, Ischaemic Heart Disease and Vascular Disease.
Rosemarie Lee, the Public Information Manager for the NHF, says the new supplies are already available and will add variety to the existing list of medications and to help patients in the management and treatment of their disease.
The NHF has added Sure Comfort Insulin Syringes and Lancets as well as Medi-Test Combi Urine Test Strips to its Diabetic Supplies List.
The NHF subsidy for Sure Comfort Insulin Syringes, which come in various sizes, is $11.78 per syringe and the subsidy for the Sure Comfort Lancets is $2.34 per lancet. The Medi-Test Combi 2 Strips (Urine Strips) is subsidized at $1,052.12 per 100 and Medi-Test Combi 6 A Strips at $1,740.39 per 100.
NHF beneficiaries with diabetes will also have access to another brand of Insulin Injections with the addition of the Wosulin brand of Insulin Injections and Penfill Cartridges to the NHF Drug List.
The active ingredients available from this label are Insulin Regular, Insulin Isophane and the combination Insulin Regular & Isophane.
Wosulin 3 millilitre Penfill Cartridges enjoy a NHF subsidy of $240.06 per cartridge, while the Wosulin 10 millilitre vials for the insulin injection have a NHF subsidy of $800.17 per vial.
Tromblatt (Clopidogrel) another drug label, has also been added to the NHF Drug List with a subsidy of $47.79 per tablet. This drug is used for the treatment of Hypertension, Ischaemic Heart Disease and Vascular Disease.
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