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Acknowledging that determination were immoderate problems related to the proviso of definite medicines astatine superior wellness centres (PHC) successful the State, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao connected Tuesday, however, told the Legislative Council that the drugs were not successful abbreviated proviso astatine State-run hospitals astatine the territory and the taluk level.
Of the 890 drugs to beryllium supplied, the Minister told the Council that 534 would beryllium procured done bidding, of which acquisition orders had been fixed for 232 drugs. Another 356 would beryllium procured locally.
Over the past 2 months, hospitals person been asked to procure drugs locally. Drugs were disposable nether AB-ARK and ₹20 crore had been acceptable speech for its purchase. “During the modulation phase, we person asked hospitals to bargain drugs locally and person fixed them money. In the modulation phase, drugs worthy ₹270 crore person been supplied.”
Drugs are disposable astatine taluk and territory hospitals portion immoderate problems person been reported successful superior wellness centres, helium added.
Stating that the process of cause procurement is being streamlined, Mr. Rao said that officials were visiting pharma accumulation sites to ascertain the capableness of the shaper to proviso the requisite drugs. The caller tender process allows introduction of newcomers since the erstwhile tender clause of “past performance” that kept distant galore newcomers had been done distant with, and staggered proviso alternatively of yearly banal had been introduced, helium added.
In the Assembly, Mr. Rao insisted that determination was nary shortage of drugs. However, the section was successful the process of reforming the procurement of drugs and cognition of Karnataka State Medical Supplies Corporation (KSMSCL).
In this modulation phase, determination could person been immoderate problems, the Minister maintained.
The Minister explained that present volition beryllium a period quarantine play aft procuring drugs. During this period, the drugs would beryllium subjected to prime tests earlier being fixed to hospitals, helium explained.
