Potentially life-saving medication for children with nut allergies is back on the shelves following government intervention, the Health Parliamentary Secretary said this morning. 

In a tweet, Chris Fearne said the EpiPen allergy medicine supplies are back in Malta.

EpiPen Junior, which is prescribed by specialists to children who are allergic to nuts, could buy a young patient enough time to get to hospital for treatment. Concerned parents told Times of Malta earlier this week that the medication had already been unavailable for a week.

The EpiPen, which comes in the form of an auto-injector syringe, making it easy to be administered at the thigh by anyone, is the only medication available to treat nut allergies

Mr Fearne had explained that EpiPen was not imported by the government but by a private importer. 

 

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