People are waiting outside Cayetano Heredia Hospital, seeking scarce medications during the pandemic.

• Many people are outside the hospital, looking for scarce medications.
• Medications such as hydroxychloroquine, prednisone, and warfarin are in short supply.
• These drugs are used not only for COVID-19 but also for other conditions like lupus and arthritis.

Prices for medications have skyrocketed, putting a financial strain on families in need.

• The price of hydroxychloroquine has increased from 30 soles to 140 soles.
• Generic pills now cost a minimum of 80 soles, with some reaching 150 soles.
• Families are paying large sums, sometimes 1000 soles a week, for medications.

Families are struggling with the high costs of medications, leading to calls for government regulation of prices.

• Families of patients with various diseases are affected by the high medication prices.
• There is an urgent need for regulation of drug prices due to the lack of supply.
• People are requesting the Ministry of Health to intervene and control the escalating costs.

Pharmacies, including Inkafarma, deny raising prices, but evidence suggests otherwise.

• Some pharmacies have been found to raise prices of medications like prednisone from 25 soles to 200 soles.
• Inkafarma issued a statement denying price hikes, though price increases have been observed.

Certain medications are no longer available in some districts, driving families to search elsewhere.

• Azithromycin is not available in the district of Puente Piedra.
• Families of COVID-19 patients are forced to seek medications in areas with more pharmacies.