Starting from October 1, patients with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) under the universal healthcare scheme will get free medicine for the redcell blood production.
The National Health Security Office made the announcement yesterday.
Currently, there are about 8,500 patients with CAPD across the country. Normally, each of them needs to pay between Bt2,000 and Bt4,000 a month for the medicine, which has helped them a normal life.
"We want to boost patients' access to the medicine. It can improve their quality of life," the office's deputy secretary general Dr Prateep Thanakijcharoen said.
According to him, the medicine distributor has told his office that it will lower the price of each medicine bottle to just between Bt200 and Bt240.
When the medicine was first sold to the office years ago, each bottle cost Bt750.