Patients and their consultants are concerned about a rushed switch from the current to new HIV treatment, following a shortage of medicine stocks in Malta in recent days.
Last week, the shortage forced some HIV patients to rely on the kindness of others who could spare some of their own medicine.
Manufacturers have been phasing out the kind of medication that has been provided by the government to HIV patients for years,
Times of Malta has been told.
On Sunday, the Malta LGBTIQ Rights Movement was told that last week’s shortage was the result of the “situation created by Brexit and unexpected delays in a London airport”. Stocks of the medicine are expected to arrive this week while enough stock has been secured to treat those who currently have no medication at all, it said.