The Health Ministry hopes that a modern pharmaceutical warehouse commissioned yesterday at Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara would help reduce the amount of expired drugs being dumped each year.
Named the ‘Ministry of Health Supply Chain Management Complex,’ Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran said the 20,000 square meter facility, located on 1st Street, New Diamond Housing Scheme, would go a long way to address concerns that have been raised in a number of Auditor General’s reports.
Big losses were suffered by the Ministry of Health due to the expiration of large quantities of
