# \[e-drug\] What Motivates Drug Donations? (cont'd) **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [February 29, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-what-motivates-drug-donations-contd/7489 "2000-02-29T17:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jbrusso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@jbrusso](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/jbrusso)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-what-motivates-drug-donations-contd/7489/1 "2000-02-29T17:34:17Z")
E-drug: What Motivates Drug Donations? (cont'd) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I regret that I appear to have suggested earlier that recipients of inappropriate drug donations, i.e., the patients or clinics, have the burden of reporting adverse drug donations. That would be entirely unreasonable and was not my intent. I was trying to say that those who have information about bad donations (e.g., Mr. Hillstrom) should report it to organizations that can take action, e.g., WHO, WEMOS, PQMD. Statistical statements to the effect that X% of donations are bad may be valid, but they're not terribly helpful in placing responsibility. Surely it isn't unreasonable to ask those who make broad-spectrum charges against a whole class of people (the drug donations community in this case) to provide enough information to make an investigation possible. It's like the old saying that half the patients would get well without any treatment at all, to which one has to say yes, but which ones? Meanwhile, I support the suggestion of Dr. Joel Lexchin that we institute a spot-checking system. Teams from PQMD, WEMOS, WHO, etc., would make periodic visits to recipient clinics and report their findings -- naming the questionable products and their sources in sufficient detail to make it possible to follow up and prevent recurrences. I hope my intent is now more clear. Cordially, James B. Russo Executive Director The Partnership for Quality Medical Donations 146 Koenig Road Bernville, PA 19506 USA 610 488 8303 610 488 7036 (fax) e-mail: JBRusso@aol.com -- Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'. Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.