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Kerala plans to partner with other states for joint medicine procurement to reduce costs, prevent shortages, and revise restrictive tender conditions that currently deter smaller pharmaceutical manufacturers from bidding for government hospital contracts.
It found that the purchase of N95 masks alone resulted in a loss of ₹7.63 crore.
Of the ₹600 crore owed to pharmaceutical companies that have supplied medicines since 2020, KMSCL has cleared only ₹150 crore.
The findings of the CAG fully confirm the dubious transactions during the COVID period that Manorama exposed.
While Dr Vandana Das was killed by a drug addict who was at the hospital for medical examination, Ranjith was killed while attempting to douse a major fire at a drug warehouse.
A 32-year-old fireman had died while attempting to douse a massive fire that erupted at a state-run drug warehouse early on Tuesday.
On May 9, the Kozhikode Fire Officer conducted a fire audit at KMSCL's Kozhikode District warehouse and found the three-storey building is ill-equipped to fight a fire breakout.
A comprehensive probe would be conducted into the reasons that led to the massive fire.
The additional rate will apply to 54 drugs it has to procure. The anti-rabies vaccine is costing 74 percent more.
Even as the health minister claims there is no shortage of essential drugs, the government hospitals are in a severe crisis.
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