At a time when the high costs associated with delivering free health care at state-run facilities continues to place a strain on the public purse, the Report of the Auditor General continues to reflect grave misgivings about the management of pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies being held in various state-run bonds and storehouses under the control of the Ministry of Health.
The recently released Report of the Auditor General for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 indicates that the Health Ministry is hard-pressed to provide a satisfactory explanation for the presence of 327 items of stock valued at $208,090 million lying expired and, in effect, unusable in its bonds and warehouses.
In response to this, the Office of the Auditor General is calling for “a country-wide survey to determine the realistic needs of
