Western Standard - March 21, 2023


Smith says children’s acetaminophen is now available for distribution to local pharmacies

Topics
children's acetaminophen shortage
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Children
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2 minutes

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Word count

451

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24

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In response to a national shortage of children's pain and fever medication, our government began taking steps to address the shortages of these medications in our province. It has been a painstaking, rigorous process, and it has taken longer than we d hoped for. But today, the wait is over. Children's acetaminophen is now available for distribution to local pharmacies.

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00:00:00.000 For months, I heard gut-wrenching stories
00:00:02.840 from frustrated parents who can't access
00:00:05.500 children's pain and fever medication for
00:00:07.780 their young ones.
00:00:09.280 I've read letters from parents overwhelmed
00:00:11.580 trying to care for their children with
00:00:13.520 fevers and coughs, trying to prevent
00:00:15.540 symptoms from getting worse and desperate for
00:00:17.920 them to be able to sleep through the night.
00:00:20.060 Parents across the province know what it's
00:00:22.160 like to wake up in the middle of the night to
00:00:24.660 their children coughing and how helpless they
00:00:27.000 feel being unable to provide them with relief.
00:00:30.040 We know parents would do absolutely anything to 0.95
00:00:32.840 help treat their sick kids.
00:00:34.400 I want Albertans to know that I will too.
00:00:37.000 So in December, in response to the national
00:00:39.380 shortage of children's pain and fever
00:00:41.080 medication, our government began taking
00:00:43.040 steps to address the shortages of these
00:00:45.040 medications in our province.
00:00:46.960 Not only has this shortage been extremely
00:00:49.060 stressful for families, but we have
00:00:51.060 been able to help them to help them to
00:00:53.060 help them to help them to help them to help
00:00:55.060 them to help them to help them to help them
00:00:56.900 help them to help them to help them to help
00:00:58.920 help them to help them.
00:01:00.220 It was very stressful for families.
00:01:01.960 But anxious parents saw that their only
00:01:03.400 option was to take their children to the 0.95
00:01:04.660 hospital.
00:01:05.700 Contributing to long wait times and placing
00:01:07.400 another pressure on our health care system.
00:01:09.440 Over the past few months, Alberta's
00:01:10.840 government and Alberta Health Services
00:01:12.360 worked with at a pharmaceuticals to
00:01:13.460 secure children's pain and fever
00:01:14.500 medication and make it available to every
00:01:16.380 family across the province.
00:01:17.380 It has been a painstaking, rigorous
00:01:19.120 process and it's taken longer
00:01:19.940 than we'd hoped for.
00:01:20.880 But today, I'm pleased to announce
00:01:23.360 that the wait is over.
00:01:24.160 Help is now here.
00:01:25.380 Children's acetaminophen is now available
00:01:26.380 for distribution to local pharmacies.
00:01:27.320 We hope this brings much needed peace of
00:01:29.700 mind to parents everywhere.
00:01:30.560 And parents can feel confident that we
00:01:32.220 have secured a stable supply of this
00:01:33.720 medication for years to come.
00:01:34.800 Ensuring that Alberta's health care system
00:01:36.660 is now available for distribution to
00:01:37.700 medical care system.
00:01:38.700 And we hope this brings much needed peace
00:01:40.060 of mind to parents everywhere.
00:01:41.640 And parents can feel confident that we
00:01:43.040 have secured a stable supply of this
00:01:44.700 medication for years to come.
00:01:45.740 Ensuring that Alberta isn't as susceptible
00:01:47.780 to global supply chain disruptions in
00:01:49.780 the future.
00:01:50.780 I want parents to know that your
00:01:52.780 government has heard you.
00:01:53.780 And I truly hope that this supply will
00:01:55.740 provide a little bit more comfort and
00:01:57.760 relief to you and your families.
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