Spurious drugs in hospitals CAG castigates govt
Srinagar, Feb 4: Think before you purchase medicines from drug stores in government hospitals as the drugs can be of sub-standard quality.According to Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report, government purchased drugs and dressing material worth Rs 17.64 lakhs from March 2003 to August 2005 from six suppliers and supplied it to hospitals without receiving the mandatory test reports, which later on suggested that the medicines were substandard. But by the time the test reports were received, the medicines had already been administered to patients.
4 February 2008