HAVANA, September 18 (Vicente Escobal, Lux InfoPress) – Medicines warehoused in Cienfuegos by a government agency are spoiling due to inadequate storage conditions.

The government agency in charge of warehousing medicines moved recently to a facility that doesn’t have the necessary climatization to ensure the safe storage of the products. Primarily, the cement roof of the facility allows temperatures of upwards of 104° F. (40° C.) to prevail in the storage areas.

Normally, pharmaceuticals are stored at 68° F. (20° C.). The medicines in question, mostly antibiotics, analgesics, and anti-inflammatories, are chronically in short supply in Cuban pharmacies.

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