INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Medicines, together with surgical and laboratory equipment worth nearly Rs
350 million was withdrawn from use within the year 2022, on the basis of being defective.Accordingly, defective medicines, surgical
equipment and laboratory equipment worth Rs
relevant annual report revealed that as there is no existing mechanism within the Medial Supply Division to check how effective certain
drugs are prior to being issued to hospitals, such defects are identified only much later, when several patients have already been
doctors, 77 dental surgeons, 2,034 nursing officers, 136 medical laboratory technicians, 68 occupational therapists, 126 pharmacists and 270
auditors were left vacant.The relevant report also indicated that nearly Rs
36,192 million had been spent for the payment of overtime and holiday wages, amounting for 72% of the total expenditure for wages.
