Last week The Times reported stockouts at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. On Monday, GroundUp reported that Gauteng hospitals had been out of stock of the life-saving medicine amphotericin B.
The photos here, obtained from a protected source, are understood to be a little more than a week old.
Amitriptyline is used to treat depression.
Citalopram is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor used to treat depression.
Haloperidol is an antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia and other psychiatric illnesses.
Quetiapine is an antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe depression.
Risperidone is an antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. It is also used to treat children with autism.
Trifluoperazine, besides being an antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia, is also used to treat anxiety if other medicines have not helped. DM
Main Picture: Fluoxetine, better known by the brand name Prozac, is used to treat depression. Photos courtesy of GROUNDUP.