The Nationalist Party’s spokesman for health, Claudio Grech, has called on the government to take immediate and urgent action and ensure that Buspirone, which was taken by certain mental health patients, was made available.

Mr Grech said that patients who were prescribed this medicine, aimed at treating anxiety and its several physical and mental impacts, acquired it against payment from the Mater Dei pharmacy.

The restriction was due to the fact that this was a controlled medicine that could not be bought from private pharmacies.

Mr Grech said the government should provide this medicine without delay. The patients who needed this medicine could suffer from serious consequences which could send them to hospital if they did not take it.

It was of concern that this medicine's shortage was creating more anxiety for these patients when its main aim was to control anxiety and its effects.

Mr Grech said the Nationalist Party would support any action taken by the government to provide this medicine as these patients had the right to access it, especially since they were paying for it themselves.

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