Health Minister orders 10-year review into medicine procurement and management in Kerala
Kerala Health Minister K. Muraleedharan has ordered a 10-year review of medicine procurement and management following reports of significant financial losses due to expired medicines. The probe will examine the role of the Kerala State Medical Services Corporation Ltd. in inventory management.
Why it matters
Addresses systemic issues in public health administration and the potential waste of taxpayer funds in the medical supply chain.
Health Minister K. Muraleedharan has directed the Principal Secretary (Health) to conduct a comprehensive review of the medicine procurement, inventory management and distribution across the State’s public health system over the past 10 years, after it emerged that a considerable quantity of medicines procured for government health institutions has expired unused over the years, resulting in financial losses to the State exchequer.
The note addressed to the Principal Secretary (Health), dated July 28, says that as the nodal agency for the procurement, warehousing and distribution of medicines to government health institutions, the role of Kerala State Medical Services Corporation Ltd. (KMSCL) in the procurement and management of medicines also required detailed examination.
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